fonetického

Fonetického is the genitive singular form of the Czech adjective fonetický, meaning "phonetic" or "pertaining to phonetics." It is used in phrases that describe relations to phonetics, for example in contexts such as fonetického zápisu (phonetic transcription), fonetického systému (phonetic system) or fonetických znaků (phonetic symbols). The underlying noun is fonetika, which denotes the science of the sounds of speech.

Etymology and scope: fonetika derives from the Greek phōnētikós or phōnētikḗ, “pertaining to sound or voice,” via Latin and other European languages, and entered Czech through historical linguistic contact. The related terms in Czech include fonetický (phonetic), fonetika (phonetics), and several compounds used in linguistic description and practice.

Usage in linguistics: In linguistic descriptions, fonetický refers to aspects of speech sounds that concern their physical realization—articulation, acoustic properties and perceptual realization. This contrasts with fonematika (phonemics) and fonologie (phonology), which focus on abstract sound systems and their functional relationships rather than on concrete realizations. Common collocations include fonetická transkripce or fonetický zápis (phonetic transcription), fonetická výslovnost (phonetic pronunciation) and fonetické znaky or IPA znaky (phonetic symbols).

Applications: Beyond theoretical linguistics, the term appears in speech technology, language teaching, and phonetic analysis of corpora, where researchers describe or analyze actual speech sounds using phonetic notation. In all uses, fonetický and its inflected form fonetického function as descriptors of the sound-level, physical aspects of speech rather than the abstract, system-level organization of sounds.