phonetician

English

Etymology

phonetics + -ician

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌfəʊ.nɪˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/, /ˌfɒn.ɪˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌfoʊ.nəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/, /ˌfɑ.nəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌfɔn.ɪˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

phonetician (plural phoneticians)

  1. A person who specializes in the physiology, acoustics, and perception of speech.
  2. (linguistics) A person who specializes in the study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols.
  3. (linguistics) A dialectologist; a person who studies regional differences in speech sounds.

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