recordist

noun

re·​cord·​ist ri-ˈkȯr-dist How to pronounce recordist (audio)
: someone who records sound (as for movies)

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One scene conspicuously features the sound recordist’s microphone boom alongside the slate. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2025 Those who started out as boom ops are sound recordists in their own right. Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025 In addition to filmmaking, Smith is a musician, composer and field recordist. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 June 2025 The sound recordist was also able to leave the country. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025 The sound recordist’s archive of over 90,000 sounds is now used by his foundation, The Listening Planet. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1930, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of recordist was circa 1930

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“Recordist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recordist. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.

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