glossotype

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noun

A particular phonetic writing system.

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Meanings

nounglossotype (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA particular phonetic writing system.

    Of course for publication in a newspaper, my palaeotype would not answer, but my glossotype would enable the author to give his Pennsylvania German in an English form and much more intelligibly.

    1889, Alexander Ellis, On Early English Pronunciation

Origin

From glosso- + -type.

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APA

glossotype. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glossotype

MLA

“glossotype.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glossotype. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glossotype,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glossotype.

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