expert

See also: expèrt

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin expertus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

expert (comparative more expert, superlative most expert)

1. Extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable.

   I am expert at making a simple situation complex.

   My cousin is an expert pianist.

2. Characteristic of an expert.

   This problem requires expert knowledge.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:skillful

Antonyms

• inexpert
• nonexpert

Related terms

• expert system

Translations

extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable

• Czech: zkušený (cs) m
• Finnish: taitava (fi)
• Greek: έμπειρος (el) m (émpeiros), επιτήδειος (el) m (epitídeios)
• Japanese: 専門的 (せんもんてき, senmonteki)
• Korean: 숙달한 (sukdal-han), 노력한 (noryeok-han), 능숙한 (neungsuk-han)
• Manx: aghtal
• Portuguese: especialista (pt), perito (pt) m, expert m, f

• Romanian: expert (ro), de expert
• Scottish Gaelic: ealanta, teòma
• Spanish: experto (es) m
• Swahili: mtaalamu (sw)
• Swedish: expert (sv) c
• Tagalog: dalubhasa
• Telugu: నిపుణుడు (te) (nipuṇuḍu), నిపుణురాలు (nipuṇurālu)

characteristic of an expert

• Czech: odborný (cs) m
• Finnish: asiantunteva
• Greek: ειδικός (el) m (eidikós)
• Japanese: 専門的 (せんもんてき, senmonteki)

• Korean: 전문가의 (jeonmunka-ui)
• Scottish Gaelic: ealanta, teòma
• Swahili: mtaalamu (sw)
• Swedish: expert- (sv) c

Noun

expert (plural experts)

1. A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.
   • If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert. - David Ben-Gurion
   • 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, The Economist, volume 408, number 8845: 

     Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.

   We called in several experts on the subject, but they couldn't reach an agreement.

2. (chess) A player ranking just below master.

Translations

person with extensive knowledge or ability

• Arabic: متخصص m (mutaxáṣṣiṣ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 專家, 专家 (zhuānjiā), 專門家, 专门家 (zhuānménjiā), 高手 (gāoshǒu)

• Czech: odborník (cs) m, expert (cs) m, znalec (cs) m
• Dutch: deskundige (nl), expert (nl)
• Esperanto: kompetentulo
• Estonian: asjatundja, ekspert (et)
• Finnish: asiantuntija (fi), ekspertti (fi)
• French: expert (fr) m
• German: Experte (de) m
• Greek: εμπειρογνώμων (el) (empeirognómon), εμπειροτέχνης m (empeirotéchnis), δεξιοτέχνης (el) m, f (dexiotéchnis)
• Hindi: विशेषज्ञ (viśeṣajñ)
• Italian: esperto (it) m
• Japanese: 専門家 (せんもんか, senmonka), 熟練者 (じゅくれんしゃ, jukurensha)
• Korean: 숙련자 (sukryeonja), 전문가 (jeonmun'ga), 명인 (ko) (名人, myeongin)
• Malay: pakar

• Maori: tautōhito, pūkenga
• Navajo: yééhósinígíí
• Ngazidja Comorian: mtââlamu class 1/2
• Novial: experte
• Persian: خبره (fa) (xebre), متخصص (fa) (motexasses)
• Portuguese: expert m, f, especialista (pt) m, f, perito (pt) m
• Romanian: expert (ro) m
• Russian: эксперт (ru) (ekspért), специалист (ru) (specialíst)
• Scottish Gaelic: ealantach m, eòlaiche m
• Serbo-Croatian: èkspert m, strȕčnjāk m, ználac m
• Slovene: strokovnjak m, izvedenec m
• Spanish: perito (es) m, experto (es) m
• Swahili: mtaalam (sw)
• Swedish: expert (sv) c, sakkunnig (sv) c
• Turkish: uzman (tr)
• Urdu: ماہر
• Zazaki: pıspor m, pıspore f

chess ranking

• Finnish: ekspertti (fi)

• Swahili: mtaalam (sw)

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• Telugu: సిద్ధహస్తుడు (siddhahastuDu)
• Turkish: bilirkişi (belerkeshee)

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Noun

expert m

1. expert (person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject)

Synonyms

• odborník
• znalec

Related terms

• expertní

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛkˈspɛːr/, /ɛkˈspɛrt/

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Noun

expert m (plural experts or experten, diminutive expertje n)

1. expert

Synonyms

• deskundige

Usage notes

The word can be pronounced in a way that corresponds with the spelling (common in Belgian-Dutch) or a way that corresponds to the French pronounciation (common in Dutch-Dutch). In the literal pronounciation, the plural is "experten"; in the French pronounciation, it is "experts".

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French

Etymology

Latin expertus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spɛʁ/

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Noun

expert m (plural experts, feminine experte)

1. expert

Adjective

expert m (feminine experte, masculine plural experts, feminine plural expertes)

1. expert

External links

• “expert” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Portuguese

Noun

expert m f (plural experts)

1. expert (person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given field)

Synonyms

• especialista, perito

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

expert c

1. an expert

Declension

Declension of expert

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	expert	experten	experter	experterna
genitive	experts	expertens	experters	experternas

Related terms

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expertjury expertkommentar expertkommentator expertkommitté expertkunskap expertpanel

expertråd experttips expertutlåtande expertutredning expertuttalande expertvälde

Synonyms

• kännare
• sakkunnig

References

• expert in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)