Phonetized

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Written out or transcribed using a system of phonetic symbols that show how a word is pronounced
2. Rendered into a spelling or notation that reflects the actual sounds of speech
3. Converted from ordinary text into a representation of its spoken sounds

Etymology: "Phonetized" is the past tense and past participle of "phonetize," so its story is really the story of the verb. "Phonetize" is formed from "phonetic," which comes from the Greek "phōnētikos," relating to voice or sound, itself from "phōnē," meaning voice. The verb means to render speech sounds in written form, or to make a spelling follow the sounds of a word, and "phonetized" is what you get when that action has already been done to something. The verb is a regular English formation: the adjective "phonetic" was given a "-ize" ending, a suffix meaning to make or cause to become something, so "phonetize" literally means to make phonetic. Its past forms follow the usual pattern, adding "-ed" to the stem, with the spelling "-ized" used in American English and "-ised" in British.

Synonyms: phoneticize, transcribe