phonologist

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/fəˈnɒlədʒɪst/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/fəˈnɑlədʒɪst/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fə nol′ə jist, fō-)


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pho•nol•o•gist  (fə nol′ə jist, fō-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Phoneticsa specialist in phonology.
  • phonolog(y) + -ist 1840–50

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pho•nol•o•gy /fəˈnɑlədʒi, foʊ-/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Phoneticsthe study of how sounds are patterned in a language and of the rules governing pronunciation.
pho•no•log•i•cal /ˌfoʊnəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/USA pronunciation  adj. 
pho•nol•o•gist /fəˈnɑlədʒɪst/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]See -phon-, -log-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pho•nol•o•gy  (fə nol′ə jē, fō-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gies. 
  1. Phoneticsthe study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in a language and of the tacit rules governing pronunciation.
  2. Phoneticsthe phonological system or the body of phonological facts of a language.
  • 1790–1800; phono- + -logy
pho•no•log•i•cal  (fōn′l oj′i kəl),USA pronunciation pho′no•log′ic, adj.  pho′no•log′i•cal•ly, adv. 

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