the linguistic discipline phonetics, study of speech, sounds and their representation by written symbols · the correct use of speech and voice
köken: Borrowed from German Phonetik, from French French phonétique, from Latin phōnēticus, from Ancient Greek φωνητικός (phōnētikós), from φωνέω (phōnéō) + -τικός (-tikós). Equivalent to fono- + -iek.
vocal (pertaining to the voice or speech; uttered or modulated by the voice) · phonetic
köken: From Ancient Greek φωνητικός (phōnētikós), from φωνητóς (phōnētós, “to be spoken”), from φωνέω (phōnéō, “to speak, produce a sound”) + -τικός (-tikós).
phonetics (branch of linguistics that studies the physical and articulatory properties of speech sounds) · phonetics (the set of sounds of a given language variety and their properties)
köken: From สัท- (sàt-), a bound morpheme derived from Pali sadda (“sound, noise”), and ศาสตร์ (sàat, “science; field or branch of knowledge”), which is derived from Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra, “science”).