phonic
Pertaining to speech
Phonic relates to speech sounds or the sounds of a language.
In education, phonic methods teach reading by connecting letters to their sounds: phonic drills, a phonic approach to literacy.
The word appears most often in the plural phonics, referring to this instructional method.
Phonic can also mean relating to sound generally, though sonic or acoustic are more common in technical contexts.
Traveling pressure disturbance
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
pitch · timbre · hertz · decibel · waveform · harmonics · echo · reverberation
Non-distinctive sound variation
- articulationClear vocal expression
- consonantIn agreement with
- vowelUnobstructed speech sound
- diphthongComplex vowel gliding between positions
aspiration · elision · glide · flap · nasal · rhotic · onset · coda
Perceiving sound waves
- earAuditory organ
- eardrumInner auditory membrane
- cochleaSpiral hearing organ
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
listen · sound · aural · audition · sensory · audible · earshot · audiogram
Interpreting written text
- spellingCorrect letter sequence
- decodingExtracting meaning from symbols
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- segmentingDividing into portions
soundwave
Traveling pressure disturbance
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
resonance · pitch · timbre · hertz · decibel · waveform · harmonics · echo · reverberation · sonic
allophone
Non-distinctive sound variation
- articulationClear vocal expression
- consonantIn agreement with
- vowelUnobstructed speech sound
diphthong · aspiration · elision · glide · flap · nasal · rhotic · onset · coda · segment
hearing
Perceiving sound waves
perception · listen · sound · aural · audition · sensory · audible · earshot · audiogram
reading
Interpreting written text
- spellingCorrect letter sequence
- decodingExtracting meaning from symbols
- blendingCombining into uniformity
segmenting · grapheme · alphabet · syllabication · literacy
pronunciation
Manner of speaking words
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
- dictionChoice of words
- accentRegional speech pattern
utterance · vocalization · voice · spoken · oral · verbal · cadence · fluency · elocution · articulate
- phone callRemote voice conversation
- phone numberNumeric calling address
- cell phonePortable wireless communicator
- phone bookListing of local numbers
- phone boothEnclosed public telephone station
- pick up the phoneAccept an incoming call
phone, telephone, microphone, symphony, megaphone, xylophone, cacophony, euphony, saxophone