phoneticizev.
/fəˈnɛtᵻsʌɪz/, U.S. /foʊˈnɛdəˌsaɪz/, /fəˈnɛdəˌsaɪz/ transitive. To make phonetic, to write phonetically.
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society > communication > writing > system of writing > [verb (transitive)] > in phonetic characters
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1848 A. J. Ellis Essent. Phonetics Pref. p. ix [Mr. Izaac Pitman first propounded the idea of] fωnˈetisziŋ [the English language.]
1881 Nature 19 May 54/2 [To] phoneticise the foreign term, using the sounds of the Mandarin dialect.
1913 Geogr. Jrnl. 41 163 It might be considered a work of supererogation to phoneticize such names as London or Kirkby Lonsdale.
1977 K. M. E. Murray Caught in Web of Words iv. 76 He referred to..hours spent trying to phoneticise vowel sounds: sometimes the local speakers heard distinctions James could not.
2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Mar. c2/1 The user must phoneticize a word before it can be converted into a Chinese character.
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phoˈneticized adj.
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1893 Amer. Anthropologist 6 164 Meantime this phoneticized arrangement of common letters facilitates the learning of our language at home and its diffusion abroad.
1996 Daily Tel. 23 Feb. 16/3 Those who have braved the thickly phoneticised Scottish dialogue in Irvine Welsh's cult novel will know it well.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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