形容詞 phonetic:

1. of or relating to speech sounds
   同義詞：phonic
2. of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds

1. Agreeable sound, especially in the phonetic quality of words.
   諧音，聲音的和諧諧音或悅耳的聲音，尤指詞的音質(zhì)
2. Phonetic symbols represent sounds.
   語音符號是標音的符號。

pho.net.ic

adj.Abbr. phon.Linguistics （形容詞）縮寫 phon.【語言學(xué)】
Of or relating to phonetics.
語音學(xué)的，有關(guān)語音學(xué)的
Representing the sounds of speech with a set of distinct symbols, each designating a single sound:
代表語音的，表示發(fā)音的：用一套有區(qū)別的符號來代表語音的，每一個符號表示一個語音：
例句：
phonetic spelling.
表音的拼寫

Of, relating to, or being features of pronunciation that are not phonemically distinctive in a language, as aspiration of consonants or vowel length in English.
發(fā)音不明顯的：語言中音位上不明顯的發(fā)音特征的，如英語中輔音字母中的送氣音或元音間長；與之有關(guān)的；或成為之的

來源：
New Latin phônôticus [representing speech sounds]
現(xiàn)代拉丁語 phônôticus [代表語音的]
from Greek phônôtikos [vocal]
源自 希臘語 phônôtikos [聲音的，發(fā)聲的]
from phônôtos [to be spoken]
源自 phônôtos [被講的]
from phônein [to produce a sound]
源自 phônein [發(fā)聲]
from phônô [sound, voice] * see bh3- 2
源自 phônô [聲音，聲響] *參見 bh3- 2

【引伸】
phonet.ical
adj.（形容詞）
phonet.ically
adv.（副詞）