1. Plural of phonotype; representations of speech sounds or phonemes, especially in linguistic or phonetic notation systems.
Usage: linguistics; technical
2. In historical printing, a method of reproducing text using phonetic characters or symbols instead of traditional orthography.
Usage: historical; printing

Examples

• Linguists use phonotypes to document the precise sounds of different languages.
• The phonotypes in the study clearly distinguished between similar vowel sounds.
• Early phonotype systems attempted to represent speech more accurately than conventional spelling.
• Researchers compared phonotypes across multiple dialects to identify regional variations.
• The phonotypes used in this transcription follow the International Phonetic Alphabet.