Meanings
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
- Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
- Englishphono-
- Proto-Indo-European*teh₂g-
- Proto-Hellenic*tat͏̌t͏̌ō
- Ancient Greekτάσσω (tássō)
- Ancient Greekτακτικός (taktikós)
- New Latintactica
- Englishtactic
- Englishtactics
- Englishphonotactics
From phono- (“sound”) + tactics (“organization, arranging”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic قَانُونُ تَتَابُعِ الْأَصْوَاتِ
- قَانُونُ تَتَابُعِ الْأَصْوَاتِ (qānūnu tatābuʕi l-ʔaṣwāti)branch of phonology
Dutch fonotaxis
- fonotaxisbranch of phonology
Esperanto fonotakso
- fonotaksobranch of phonology
Finnish fonotaksi
- fonotaksibranch of phonology
French phonotactique, phonotaxe
- phonotactiquebranch of phonology
- phonotaxebranch of phonology
German Phonotaktik, Phonotagmatik
- Phonotaktikbranch of phonology
- Phonotagmatikbranch of phonology
- Phonosyntaxbranch of phonology
Hungarian fonotaktika
- fonotaktikabranch of phonology
Japanese 音素配列論
- 音素配列論 (onsohairetsuron)branch of phonology
Polish fonotaktyka
- fonotaktykabranch of phonology
Portuguese fonotática
- fonotáticabranch of phonology
Romanian fonotactică
- fonotacticăbranch of phonology
Russian фо̀нота́ктика
- фо̀нота́ктика (fònotáktika)branch of phonology
Spanish fonotaxis, fonosintaxis
- fonotaxisbranch of phonology
- fonosintaxisbranch of phonology
- fonotácticabranch of phonology
Swedish fonotax
- fonotaxbranch of phonology
Turkish sesdizim, fonotaktik
- sesdizimbranch of phonology
- fonotaktikbranch of phonology
Vietnamese kết âm học
- kết âm họcbranch of phonology
Cite this entry
APA
phonotactics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonotactics
MLA
“phonotactics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonotactics. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phonotactics,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonotactics.
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