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phonetic | x |

As an adjective phonetic

is relating to the sounds of spoken language.

As a noun phonetic

is (linguistics) in such logographic writing systems as the chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with radical.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

phonetic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
  • (linguistics) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes)

    • Derived terms

    * phonetical * phonetically

    Related terms

    * phone * phoneme * phonemic * phonetics * semiphonetic * fauxnetic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) In such logographic writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with radical.

    • x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----