stenotype

ˈstɛnəˌtaɪp

Definition

Definition of stenotype - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

writing

TECH.

characters used in phonetic shorthand system

TECH.

She learned to read stenotype for her transcription job.

stenograph

technology

TECH.

keyboard machine for phonetic shorthand transcription

TECH.

The court reporter used a stenotype to transcribe the proceedings.

stenograph

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Origin of stenotype

Greek, stenos (narrow) + typos (impression)

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stenotypist

profession

person who operates a stenotype machine

Examples of stenotype in a sentence

He collected stenotype samples from various shorthand systems.
She practiced typing on the stenotype daily.
The stenotype is essential for real-time transcription.

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French:caractères sténotypiques, sténotype, ...
German:Stenotypie, Stenomaschine, ...
Italian:stenotipia, macchina stenografica, ...
Spanish:estenotipia, máquina de estenotipia, ...
Portuguese:estenotipia, estenótipo, ...
Chinese:速记符号, 速记机, ...
Japanese:速記文字, 速記機, ...
Arabic:رُمُوز الاسْتِنُوطِيب, ستينوتايب, ...
Hebrew:סְטֵנוֹטַיְיפ, מְכוֹנַת סְטֶנוֹטַיְפּ, ...
Russian:стенотип, стенографическая машинка, ...
Ukrainian:стенографічні символи, стенографічна машина, ...
Hindi:स्टेनोटाइप, शॉर्टहैंड मशीन, ...
Bengali:স্টেনোটাইপ, শর্টহ্যান্ড মেশিন, ...
Catalan:estenotipia, estenotip, ...
Czech:stenotyp, stenografický stroj, ...
Danish:stenotype, stenografimaskine, ...
Dutch:stenotype, stenografiemachine, ...
Greek:στενογραφία, στενοτυπική μηχανή, ...
Hungarian:gyorsírásjelek, gyorsíró gép, ...
Khmer:អក្សរកាត់សូរសព្ទ, ម៉ាស៊ីនក្តារចុចសម្រាប់កត់ត្រាអក្សរកាត់តាមសំឡេង, ...
Korean:속기 문자, 속기 타자기, ...
Persian:تندنویسی, ماشین تندنویسی, ...
Polish:stenotypia, stenotyp, ...
Portuguese (BR):estenotipia, estenótipo, ...
Romanian:stenotipie, stenotip, ...
Swedish:stenotyp, stenografmaskin, ...
Thai:อักขระชวเลขเสียง, เครื่องพิมพ์ดีดชวเลข, ...
Turkish:stenotip, ...
Vietnamese:chữ tốc ký, máy đánh chữ tốc ký, ...

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