PHONICS

phonics

(noun) teaching reading by training beginners to associate letters with their sound values

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

phonics (uncountable)

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

A method of teaching elementary reading based on the phonetic interpretation of normal spelling.

Phonetics.

Acoustics.

Anagrams

• Pichons, chopins, cophins, pinchos

Source: Wiktionary


Phon"ics, n.

Definition: See Phonetics.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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