researcher

English

Etymology

From research +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsɜː.t͡ʃə/, /ˈɹiː.sɜː.t͡ʃə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/, /ɹiˈsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t͡ʃə(ɹ)

Noun

researcher (plural researchers)

1. One who researches.
   • 2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34:

     Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.  ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.

Derived terms

• senior researcher
• visiting researcher

 

Translations

one who researches

• Albanian: studiues (sq) m
• Arabic: بَاحِث m (bāḥiṯ), بَاحِثَة f (bāḥiṯa)
• Armenian: հետազոտող (hetazotoġ)
• Azerbaijani: tədqiqatçı
• Belarusian: дасле́дчык m (dasljédčyk), дасле́дчыца f (dasljédčyca), дасле́днік m (dasljédnik), дасле́дніца f (dasljédnica)
• Bulgarian: изсле́довател m (izslédovatel), изсле́дователка f (izslédovatelka)
• Burmese: သုတေသီ (my) (su.tesi)
• Catalan: investigador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 研究員／研究员 (zh) (yánjiūyuán), 研究者 (zh) (yánjiūzhě)

• Czech: výzkumník (cs) m, výzkumnice f, badatel (cs) m, badatelka f
• Danish: forsker (da) c
• Dutch: onderzoeker (nl) m
• Estonian: teadur, uurija
• Finnish: tutkija (fi)
• French: chercheur (fr) m, chercheuse (fr) f
• Galician: investigador (gl) m
• Georgian: მკვლევარი (mḳvlevari)
• German: Forscher (de) m, Forscherin (de) f
• Greek: ερευνητής (el) m (erevnitís)
• Gujarati: સંશોધક (sãśodhak)
• Hindi: शोधकर्ता m (śodhkartā), शोधक (hi) m (śodhak)
• Hungarian: kutató (hu)
• Icelandic: fræðimaður (is) m, rannsóknarmaður m
• Italian: ricercatore (it) m, ricercatrice (it) f
• Japanese: 研究員 (ja) (けんきゅういん, kenkyūin), 研究者 (ja) (けんきゅうしゃ, kenkyūsha)
• Kazakh: зерттеуші (kk) (zertteuşı)
• Khmer: អ្នករុករក (nĕək ruk rɔɔk), អ្នកស្រាវជ្រាវ (nĕək sraaw criəw)
• Korean: 연구원(硏究員) (ko) (yeon'guwon), 연구자(硏究者) (ko) (yeon'guja)
• Kyrgyz: изилдөөчү (ky) (izildööcü)
• Lao: ນັກຄົ້ນຄວ້າ (nak khon khuā)
• Latvian: pētnieks m
• Lithuanian: tyrėjas m, tyrinėtojas m
• Macedonian: истражувач m (istražuvač), истражувачка f (istražuvačka)
• Malay: penyelidik
• Malayalam: ഗവേഷകൻ (ml) m (gavēṣakaṉ)
• Manx: aahirreyder m
• Maori: kairangahau
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: судлаач (mn) (sudlaač), судлагч (mn) (sudlagč)

  Mongolian: ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠭᠠᠴᠢ (suduluɣači), ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠭᠴᠢ (suduluɣči)

• Northern Sami: dutki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forsker (no) m

• Occitan: recercaire m
• Persian:

  Dari: پِژوهِشْگَر (fa) (pižōhišgar), مُحَقِّق (fa) (muhaqqiq)

  Iranian Persian: پِژوهِشْگَر (fa) (pežuhešgar), مُحَقِّق (fa) (mohağğeğ)

• Polish: badacz (pl) m, badaczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: (Brazil) pesquisador (pt) m, (Brazil) pesquisadora f, (Portugal) investigador (pt) m, (Portugal) investigadora f
• Romanian: cercetător (ro) m, cercetătoare (ro) f
• Russian: иссле́дователь (ru) m (isslédovatelʹ), иссле́довательница (ru) f (isslédovatelʹnica); (official title) нау́чный сотру́дник (ru) m (naúčnyj sotrúdnik), нау́чная сотру́дница f (naúčnaja sotrúdnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: истражѝва̄ч m, истражива̀чица f

  Roman: istražìvāč (sh) m, istraživàčica (sh) f

• Slovak: výskumník m, výskumníčka f, bádateľ m, bádateľka f
• Slovene: raziskovalec m, raziskovalka f
• Spanish: investigador (es) m, investigadora (es) f
• Swedish: forskare (sv) c, kunskapare (sv) c
• Tajik: муҳаққиқ (muhaqqiq), пажӯҳишгар (pažühišgar)
• Tatar: тикшерүче (tt) (tikşerüçe)
• Thai: นักวิจัย (nák-wí-jai)
• Turkish: araştırmacı (tr), araştırıcı (tr), araştırman (tr)
• Turkmen: gözlegçi
• Ukrainian: дослі́дник (uk) m (doslídnyk), дослі́дниця f (doslídnycja); (official title) науко́вий співробі́тник (uk) m (naukóvyj spivrobítnyk), науко́ва співробі́тниця m (naukóva spivrobítnycja)
• Urdu: مُحَقِّق m (muhaqqiq)
• Uyghur: تەتقىقاتچى (tetqiqatchi)
• Uzbek: tadqiqotchi (uz), tekshiruvchi (uz)
• Vietnamese: nhà nghiên cứu

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English researcher. First attested in 1968.

Noun

researcher c

1. One who perform research; an archival researcher who search archives for background information related to someone or something specific (often for newspapers, radio, or TV).

   Synonym: kunskapare

   • 2023 August 27, Vendela Lönnqvist, “Pernilla Wahlgren och Sofia Wistams trista besked för podden – nu berättar de sanningen [Pernilla Wahlgren and Sofia Wistam's sad news for the podcast – now they're revealing the truth]”, in Svensk Damtidning:

     Sofia Wistam påbörjade sin programledarroll under 1990-talet, då hon jobbade som researcher på TV4:s Nyhetsmorgon.

     Sofia Wistam began her hosting role during the 1990s, when she worked as an archival researcher on TV4's "Nyhetsmorgon" morning show.

See also

• forskare (“researcher”)

References

• researcher in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)