phonetic transcription

1. 1.

   a transcription intended to represent each distinct speech sound with a separate symbol

   Broadertranscription

   Partsphonetic symbol

Questions about phonetic transcription

What does phonetic transcription mean?

phonetic transcription means "a transcription intended to represent each distinct speech sound with a separate symbol".

Is phonetic transcription a common word?

phonetic transcription 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.