erudition

English

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Etymology

From Latin eruditio (“an instructing, learning, erudition”), from erudire (“to instruct, educate, cultivate”, literally “free from rudeness”), from e (“out”) + rudis (“rude”).

Noun

erudition (uncountable)

1. Profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship.

Synonyms

• (profound knowledge): knowledge, information, learning, lore, scholarship, scholarism

Related terms

• erudite

Translations

profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship

• Bulgarian: ерудиция (bg) (erudícija)
• Chinese: 

  Mandarin: 博學 (cmn), 博学 (cmn) (bóxué), 學識 (cmn), 学识 (cmn) (xuéshí)

• Dutch: eruditie (nl) f
• Finnish: oppineisuus (fi)
• French: érudition (fr) f
• German: Belesenheit (de) f, Gelehrtheit (de) f
• Greek: πολυμάθεια (el) (polymátheïa)
• Hungarian: műveltség (hu), tanultság (hu)
• Japanese: 博学 (ja) (はくがく, hakugaku)

• Korean: 박학 (ko) (panhan)
• Polish: erudycja (pl)
• Romanian: erudiție f
• Russian: эрудиция (ru) (erudícija) f, начитанность (ru) (načítannostʹ) f, умственный багаж (úmstvennyj bagáž) m
• Serbo-Croatian: načitanost f, начитаност (sh) f
• Spanish: erudición (es) f
• Ukrainian: ерудиція (uk) (erudýcija), багаж (uk) (bahaž) знань (uk) (znanʹ) (baháž znan'), розумовий (uk) (rozumovyj) багаж (uk) (bahaž) (rozumóvyj baháž)

External links

• erudition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• erudition in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• erudition at OneLook Dictionary Search