TRANSCRIBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transcriber mean? 

• TRANSCRIBER (noun)
  The noun TRANSCRIBER has 5 senses:

1. a person who translates written messages from one language to another

2. someone who rewrites in a different script

3. someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation

4. someone who makes a written version of spoken material

5. a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance

  Familiarity information: TRANSCRIBER used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSCRIBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who translates written messages from one language to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

transcriber; translator

Hypernyms ("transcriber" is a kind of...):

linguist; polyglot (a person who speaks more than one language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who rewrites in a different script

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("transcriber" is a kind of...):

writer (a person who is able to write and has written something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("transcriber" is a kind of...):

phonetician (a specialist in phonetics)

Derivation:

transcribe (make a phonetic transcription of)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Someone who makes a written version of spoken material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("transcriber" is a kind of...):

writer (a person who is able to write and has written something)

Derivation:

transcribe (make a phonetic transcription of)

transcribe (write out from speech, notes, etc.)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

adapter; arranger; transcriber

Hypernyms ("transcriber" is a kind of...):

musician (artist who composes or conducts music as a profession)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transcriber"):

orchestrator (an arranger who writes for orchestras)

Derivation:

transcribe (rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended)