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phonetician

noun

  1. individual working in or associated with the study of phonetics within the field of linguistics
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌfəʊ.nɪˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/ / /ˌfɒn.ɪˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/ / /ˌfoʊ.nəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English phonetic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English phonetics English -ician English phonetician From phonetics + -ician.

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