pho·nol·o·gy (f -n l -j , f -)n. pl. pho·nol·o·gies 1. The study of speech sounds in language or a language with reference to their distribution and patterning and to tacit rules governing pronunciation. 2. The sound system of a language: the phonology of English. pho·no·log ic (f n-lj k), phono·logi·cal (--kl) adj.pho no·logi·cal·ly adv.pho·nol o·gist n. |
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| Noun | 1. | phonologist - a specialist in phonology linguist, linguistic scientist - a specialist in linguistics orthoepist - a practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely) |
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phonologist [fəˈnɒlədʒɪst] N → fonólogo/a m/f
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