phonetician
noun
- individual working in or associated with the study of phonetics within the field of linguistics
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.
- A person who specializes in the physiology, acoustics, and perception of speech.
- A person who specializes in the study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols.
- A dialectologist; a person who studies regional differences in speech sounds.