Einstein

See also einstein

English

Proper noun

Einstein

1. Albert Einstein, the world-famous 20th Century theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity.
   • 1919 November 10, “LIGHTS ALL ASKEW IN THE HEAVENS”, New York Times

     Men of Science More or Less Agog Over Results of Eclipse Observations.

     EINSTEIN THEORY TRIUMPHS

     Stars Not Where They Seemed or Were Calculated to be, but Nobody Need Worry.

     A BOOK FOR 12 WISE MEN

     No More in All the World Could Comprehend it, Said Einstein When His Daring Publishers Accepted it.

   • 1977, James Taylor, “Secret O’ Life”, JT, Columbia Records

     Einstein said he could never understand it all / Planets spinning through space

   • 1993, Steve Martin, Picasso at the Lapin Agile

     Gaston: Picasso, Einstein, Schmendiman. Somehow it doesn't have a ring.

   • 2000 January 22, Carl Kasell (announcer), “Listener Limerick Challenge”, Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio

     If Einstein, my dear / Were a toll booth cashier / I imagine he too would be [bored]

2. A surname.

Derived terms

• einstein
• einsteinium
• Einstein field equation
• Einstein's constant

Translations

Albert Einstein

• Arabic: أينشتاين (ar) ('aynshatyn) m
• Armenian: Այնշտայն (hy) (Aynštayn)
• Belarusian: Эйнштэйн (be) (Ejnštéjn) m
• Bengali: আইনস্টাইন (bn)
• Bulgarian: Айнщайн (bg) (Ajnštajn) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愛因斯坦 (cmn), 爱因斯坦 (cmn) (Àiyīnsītǎn)

• Greek: Αϊνστάιν (el) (Aïnstáin) m
• Hebrew: איינשטיין (he)
• Hindi: आइनस्टाइन (hi) (ā'insṭā'in)
• Interlingua: Einstein (ia)

• Japanese: アインシュタイン (ja) (Ainshutain)
• Korean: 아인슈타인 (ko) (Ainsyutain)
• Macedonian: Ајнштајн (mk) (Ajnštajn) m
• Marathi: आइनस्टाइन (mr) (āinsṭāina) m
• Persian: اینشتین (fa)
• Russian: Эйнштейн (ru) (Ejnštɛ́jn) m
• Serbo-Croatian: Ајнштајн (sh) (Ajnštajn) m
• Thai: ไอน์สไตน์ (th) (ai-sà-dtai)
• Ukrainian: Ейнштейн (uk) (Ejnštéjn) m
• Urdu: آئنسٹائن (ur)

Noun

Einstein (plural Einsteins)

1. An extremely clever or intelligent person.

   Can you believe he's just a kindergartener? It looks like they've got an Einstein in the family.

Anagrams

• nineties

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German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪ̯n

Proper noun

Einstein

1. A surname, notably of Albert Einstein.

Noun

Einstein

1. an extremely intelligent person
2. (mockingly) Sherlock; a person who has stated something obvious, unaware of its obviousness
3. (sarcastic) a person that has not noticed the obvious or is perceived as unintelligent

Synonyms

• Columbo (a person stating the obvious)