phonetician

English

Etymology

From 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.

Derived terms

• sociophonetician

Related terms

• phoneme
• phonetic
• phonetically
• phonetics

 

Translations

person who specializes in phonetics

• Afrikaans: fonetikus (af)
• Armenian: հնչյունաբան (hy) (hnčʻyunaban)
• Catalan: fonetista m or f, foneticista m or f
• Czech: fonetik m, fonetička f
• Dutch: foneticus (nl) m, phonetist m
• Finnish: foneetikko (fi)
• French: phonéticien (fr) m, phonéticienne (fr) f, phonétiste (fr) m or f
• Galician: foneticista m or f
• German: Phonetiker (de) m, Fonetiker m, Phonetikerin (de) f, Fonetikerin f
• Irish: foghraí m
• Italian: fonetista m or f
• Latvian: fonētiķis m, fonētiķe f
• Manx: sheeanaghteyr m
• Polish: fonetyk (pl) m, fonetyczka (pl) f
• Russian: фонети́ст (ru) m (fonetíst)
• Spanish: fonetista m or f
• Swedish: fonetiker (sv)
• Thai: นักสัทศาสตร์
• Welsh: seinegydd m

See also

• phonologist