linguist
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin lingua (“language”) + -ist.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
linguist (plural linguists)
- One who studies linguistics.
- A person skilled in languages.
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, Olympia Press:
- The words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance.
- A human translator; an interpreter, especially in the armed forces.
Hypernyms[edit]
- scholar
- (student of languages): phonetician
Hyponyms[edit]
- (student of languages): orthoepist, dialectician, dialectologist
Meronyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
one who studies linguistics
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a person skilled in languages
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a human translator; an interpreter, especially in the armed forces
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “492. scholar” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “linguist” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
Romanian[edit]
Noun[edit]
linguist m (plural linguiști, feminine equivalent linguistă)
- Alternative form of lingvist
Declension[edit]
Declension of linguist
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) linguist | linguistul | (niște) linguiști | linguiștii |
genitive/dative | (unui) linguist | linguistului | (unor) linguiști | linguiștilor |
vocative | linguistule | linguiștilor |
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