phonetic symbol

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   a written character used in phonetic transcription of represent a particular speech sound

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Questions about phonetic symbol

What does phonetic symbol mean?

phonetic symbol means "a written character used in phonetic transcription of represent a particular speech sound".

Is phonetic symbol a common word?

phonetic symbol is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.