phonetician UK /ˌfəʊ.nɪˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/US /ˌfoʊ.nəˈtɪʃ.(ə)n/ noun3 •A person who specializes in the physiology, acoustics, and perception of speech. •A person who specializes in the study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols. •A dialectologist; a person who studies regional differences in speech sounds. formsphoneticians
