# phonetician

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌfəʊ.nɪˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From phonetics + -ician.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/phonetician