generalist

See also: Generalist

English

Etymology

From general +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹə.lɪst/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒen.(ə.)ɹə.lɪst/

Noun

generalist (plural generalists)

1. A person with a broad general knowledge, especially one with more than superficial knowledge in several areas and the ability to combine ideas from diverse fields.
2. (medicine) A general practitioner.
3. (ecology) Species which can thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions. A eurytopic species.

Antonyms

• specialist
• stenotopic

Derived terms

• supergeneralist

Translations

person with a broad general knowledge

• Catalan: generalista
• Chinese: 通才 (zh) (tōngcái)
• Finnish: yleismies
• French: généraliste (fr)
• German: Generalist (de) m
• Japanese: 何でも屋 (ja) (nandemoya), ゼネラリスト (ja) (zenerarisuto)
• Spanish: generalista
• Swedish: generalist (sv) c

general practitioner

• Catalan: generalista
• Finnish: yleislääkäri (fi)
• Spanish: generalista

biological species

• Finnish: generalisti
• German: Generalist (de) m

Anagrams

• Easterling, easterling

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French généraliste. By surface analysis, general +‎ -ist.

Noun

generalist m (plural generaliști)

1. generalist

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	generalist	generalistul		generaliști	generaliștii
genitive-dative	generalist	generalistului		generaliști	generaliștilor
vocative	generalistule			generaliștilor

Swedish

Noun

generalist c

1. a generalist

   Antonym: specialist

   1. (medicine) a generalist (general practitioner)

      Synonym: allmänläkare

Declension

Declension of generalist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	generalist	generalists
	definite	generalisten	generalistens
plural	indefinite	generalister	generalisters
	definite	generalisterna	generalisternas

References

• generalist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• generalist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)