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Webster 1913 Edition


Phonotypy

Pho-not′y-py

,
Noun.
A method of phonetic printing of the English language, as devised by
Mr. Pitman
, in which nearly all the ordinary letters and many new forms are employed in order to indicate each elementary sound by a separate character.

Definition 2024


phonotypy

phonotypy

English

Noun

phonotypy (usually uncountable, plural phonotypies)

  1. (dated) A method of phonetic printing of the English language, in which nearly all the ordinary letters and many new forms are employed in order to indicate each elementary sound by a separate character.