Meanings
adjectivephenetic (comparative more phenetic, superlative most phenetic)
comparative more phenetic · superlative most phenetic
- systematicsOf, or relating to, phenetics.
Origin
From pheno- + -etic; modelled on genetic.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with phenetic
magneticgeneticathleticdiabeticaestheticenergetickineticsympatheticpoeticpatheticalphabeticanestheticgeodeticdieteticdiuretichermeticapatheticfreneticcyberneticasceticparamagneticmimeticunsympatheticparasympathetic
All rhymes →Sounds the same
phoneticfanatic (only in certain topolects with the met–mat merger)
Cite this entry
APA
phenetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenetic
MLA
“phenetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenetic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phenetic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenetic.
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