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phonetician

[ foh-ni-tish-uh n ]
/ ˌfoʊ nɪˈtɪʃ ən /
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noun

a specialist in phonetics or in some aspect of phonetics.
a dialectologist.

Words related to phonetician

linguist, wordsmith, philologist, phonologist, etymologist, lexicologist, polyglot, definer, glossographer, philologian

Words nearby phonetician

phonesthemic, phonet., phonetic, phonetic alphabet, phonetic law, phonetician, phoneticize, phonetics, phonetist, phonevision, phoney

Origin of phonetician

First recorded in 1840–50; phonetic + -ian
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Examples from the Web for phonetician

  • We are trained to imitate strange noises of all sorts, and the phonetician is ready to show us how to make them.

    The Principles of Language-Study|Harold E. Palmer

  • We owe a good deal to a phonetician called Cooper, whose Grammatica Anglicana was published in 1685.

    Why we should read|S. P. B. Mais

British Dictionary definitions for phonetician

phonetician
/ (ˌfəʊnɪˈtɪʃən) /

noun

a person skilled in phonetics or one who employs phonetics in his work
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