phonetics
noun
pho·net·ics
fə-ˈne-tiks
plural in form but singular in construction
1
: the system of speech sounds of a language or group of languages
2
a
: the study and systematic classification of the sounds made in spoken utterance
b
: the practical application of this science to language study
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