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phonotype
[ foh-nuh-tahyp ]
noun
- a piece of type bearing a phonetic character or symbol.
phonotype
/ ˈfəʊnəˌtaɪp; ˌfəʊnəˈtɪpɪk /
noun
- a letter or symbol representing a sound
- text printed in phonetic symbols
Derived Forms
- phonotypic, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·Դ·ٲ· [foh-n, uh, -, tip, -ik], n·ٲi· adjective
- n·ٲi··ly adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of phonotype1
Example Sentences
Phonotype, fō′nō-tīp, n. a type or sign representing a sound.—adjs.
Phonotyp′ic, -al, of or belonging to a phonotype, or to phonotypy.—ns.
Graham had already become familiar with the phonotype writing and these inscriptions arrested him, being to his sense for the most part almost incredible blasphemy.
It was covered with inscriptions from top to base, in vivid white and blue, save where a vast and glaring kinematograph transparency presented a realistic New Testament scene, and where a vast festoon of black to show that the popular religion followed the popular politics, hung across the lettering Graham had already become familiar with the phonotype writing and these inscriptions arrested him, being to his sense for the most part almost incredible blasphemy.
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