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Etymology [ edit ]
First attested in the 15th Century. From Middle French érudition , from Latin eruditio ( “ an instructing, learning, erudition ” ) , from erudire ( “ to instruct, educate, cultivate ” , literally “ free from rudeness ” ) , from e ( “ out ” ) + rudis ( “ rude ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /ˌɛɹʊˈdɪʃən/
Audio (Mid-Atlantic): (file )
erudition (countable and uncountable , plural eruditions )
Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship .
The refinement, polish and knowledge that education confers.
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profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
Armenian: ներհունություն (hy) ( nerhunutʻyun )
Bengali: এলেম (bn) ( elem )
Bulgarian: еруди́ция (bg) ( erudícija )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 博學 / 博学 (zh) ( bóxué ) , 學識 / 学识 (zh) ( xuéshí ) , 學問 / 学问 (zh) ( xuéwèn ) , 學問 / 学问 (zh) ( xuéwen )
Danish: lærdom c , erudition c
Dutch: geleerdheid (nl) f , eruditie (nl) f
Finnish: oppineisuus (fi)
French: érudition (fr) f
Galician: erudición (gl) f
German: Belesenheit (de) f , Gelehrtheit f , Bildung (de) f , Gelehrsamkeit (de) f
Greek: πολυμάθεια (el) ( polymátheia ) , λογιότητα (el) f ( logiótita ) , σοφία (el) f ( sofía )
Hebrew: אוריינות (he) f ( orianút )
Hungarian: műveltség (hu) , tanultság (hu)
Japanese: 博学 (ja) ( はくがく, hakugaku )
Korean: 박학 (ko) ( bakhak )
Latin: doctrīna f , ērudītiō f
Polish: erudycja (pl) , oczytanie (pl) n
Portuguese: erudição (pt) f
Romanian: erudiție (ro) f
Russian: эруди́ция (ru) f ( erudícija ) , начи́танность (ru) f ( načítannostʹ ) , у́мственный бага́ж m ( úmstvennyj bagáž )
Serbo-Croatian: načitanost (sh) f , начитаност f , erudicija (sh) f
Spanish: erudición (es) f
Swedish: bildning (sv) c , beläsenhet (sv) , lärdom (sv) c , erudition (sv) c ( archaic ) , vitterhet (sv) c
Tagalog: kaalaliman
Turkish: bilginlik
Ukrainian: еруди́ція ( erudýcija ) , бага́ж зна́нь ( baháž znánʹ ) , розумо́вий бага́ж ( rozumóvyj baháž )
Further reading [ edit ]
“erudition ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“erudition ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
“erudition ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .