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phonotype

[ foh-nuh-tahyp ]

noun

, Printing.
  1. a piece of type bearing a phonetic character or symbol.


phonotype

/ ˈfəʊnəˌtaɪp; ˌfəʊnəˈtɪpɪk /

noun

  1. a letter or symbol representing a sound
  2. text printed in phonetic symbols
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • phonotypic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • pho·no·typ·ic [foh-n, uh, -, tip, -ik], phono·typi·cal adjective
  • phono·typi·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of phonotype1

First recorded in 1835–45; phono- + -type
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Example Sentences

Phonotype, fō′nō-tīp, n. a type or sign representing a sound.—adjs.

Phonotyp′ic, -al, of or belonging to a phonotype, or to phonotypy.—ns.

Graham had already become familiar with the phonotype writing and these inscriptions arrested him, being to his sense for the most part almost incredible blasphemy.

It was covered with inscriptions from top to base, in vivid white and blue, save where a vast and glaring kinematograph transparency presented a realistic New Testament scene, and where a vast festoon of black to show that the popular religion followed the popular politics, hung across the lettering Graham had already become familiar with the phonotype writing and these inscriptions arrested him, being to his sense for the most part almost incredible blasphemy.

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