† phonotypen.
Obsolete.
A character or letter of a phonetic alphabet adapted for printing; (as a mass noun) phonetic print or type; the use of this.
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1844 Phonotypic Jrnl. 3 2 Aspirate h, as in heap; Phonotype—H.
1845 I. Pitman Man. Phonogr. 19 Phonotype, a printed letter, or sign, indicative of a particular sound, or modification of sound.
1881 Kansas Hist. Coll. II. 162 Phonotype was with him both a theory and a practice.
1895 Indiana (Pa.) County Gaz. 31 Oct. 4/2 Mr. S. S. Gressly has invented and arranged a phonotype alphabet to be used as an aid in the study of English words.
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phonotypev.
/ˈfəʊnətʌɪp/, U.S. /ˈfoʊnəˌtaɪp/ rare.
transitive. To print in phonotype.
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1850 Fonetic Jrnl. 133/2 The only way to preserve the language from further arbitrary changes is to phonotype it.
1949 A. C. Bent Life Hist. N. Amer. Thrushes, Kinglets, & Their Allies 357 I find it variously described by many observers and writers, most of whom use combinations of the syllable zee in attempting to ‘phonotype’ it.
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