What does "phonetician" mean?

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

How do you pronounce "phonetician"?

Pronounced //ˌfoʊ.nəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n//.

Common synonyms include: dialectician, dialectologist, etymologer, etymologist, glossarist, glossographer.

//ˌfoʊ.nəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Noun

1
A person who specializes in the physiology, acoustics, and perception of speech.
2
a specialist in phonetics wordnet
3
A person who specializes in the study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols.
4
A dialectologist; a person who studies regional differences in speech sounds.

From phonetics + -ician.

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