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dialectologist

dialectologist noun: a person who studies regional differences in speech sounds.

Noun

dialectologist (plural dialectologists)

  1. A person who studies regional differences in speech sounds.
    Synonyms:
    dialectician

Synonyms of dialectologist

Forms of dialectologist

pluraldialectologists

Origin of dialectologist

From dialectology + -ist.

Questions about dialectologist

What does dialectologist mean?
Dialectologist means a person who studies regional differences in speech sounds.
What part of speech is dialectologist?
Dialectologist is a noun.
What is the plural of dialectologist?
The plural of dialectologist is dialectologists.

Words near dialectologist in the dictionary

  1. dialectless
  2. dialectness
  3. dialectological
  4. dialectologically
  5. dialectologies
  6. dialectologist
  7. dialectologists
  8. dialectology
  9. dialectometric
  10. dialectometrics
  11. dialectometry

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