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phonetician.

A person who specializes in the physiology, acoustics, and perception of speech.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌfəʊ.nɪˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/UK/ˌfɒn.ɪˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/UK/ˌfoʊ.nəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/Canada, US/ˌfɑ.nəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/Canada, US
  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.

Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.