PHONETIC

Pho‐net″ic (?), a. [[Gr. �, fr. � a sound, tone; akin to Gr. � to speak: cf. F. phonétique. See Ban a proclamation.]] 1. 1. Of or pertaining to the voice, or its use.
2. 2. Representing sounds; as, phonetic characters; — opposed to ideographic; as, a phonetic notation.
Phonetic spelling, spelling in phonetic characters, each representing one sound only; — contrasted with Romanic spelling, or that by the use of the Roman alphabet.