linguist

See also: Linguist and linguïst

English

Etymology

From Latin lingua (“language”) +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/
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Noun

linguist (plural linguists)

  1. One who studies linguistics.
  2. A person skilled in languages.
    • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
      The words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance.
  3. A human translator; an interpreter, especially in the armed forces.

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Further reading
  • “492. scholar” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
  • “linguist” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.

Romanian

Noun

linguist m (plural linguiști, feminine equivalent linguistă)

  1. Alternative form of lingvist

Declension
Declension of linguist
singular plural
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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