phonics

English

Etymology

From phon- +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɒnɪks/, /ˈfəʊnɪks/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑnɪks/, /ˈfoʊnɪks/
• Rhymes: -ɒnɪks

Noun

phonics (uncountable)

2. The study of how the sounds of words are represented by spelling.

   Coordinate term: phonemics

4. A method of teaching elementary reading based on the phonetic interpretation of normal spelling.
   • 2020 February 15, Dana Goldstein, “An Old and Contested Solution to Boost Reading Scores: Phonics”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Phonics has gone in and out of style for decades, and the current conflict over how to teach reading is only the latest in a tug-of-war that dates to the 19th century.

6. Phonetics.
8. Acoustics.

Derived terms

• synthetic phonics

Translations

study

• Finnish: foniikka

method of teaching

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自然拼讀／自然拼读 (zìránpīndú), 自然拼音 (zìránpīnyīn), 字母拼讀／字母拼读 (zìmǔpīndú), 自然發音／自然发音 (zìránfāyīn)

• Japanese: フォニックス (fuonikkusu)
• Swedish: ljudning (sv) c

phonetics — see phonetics

acoustics — see acoustics

Anagrams

• Chopins, Pichons, chopins, cophins, pinchos