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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French spécialiste.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈspɛʃəlɪst/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]specialist (comparative more specialist, superlative most specialist)
- (British) Specialised, involving detailed knowledge of a restricted topic.
- 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: Special Award: Signal Box Restoration”, in RAIL, number 946, page 57:
- This was a highly specialist job, and it has been very carefully carried out so that it is very hard to see that these windows are now modern replacements.
Noun
[edit]specialist (plural specialists)
- Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
- Synonyms: aficionado, enthusiast, connoisseur
- (medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
- Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:physician
- (US, military) Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
- An organism that is specialized for a particular environment.
- The tree Lepidothamnus laxifolius is a high alpine specialist found in high-altitude bog communities and in scrub.
- A stenotopic species.
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[edit]expert
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physician
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army rank
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Further reading
[edit]specialist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “specialist”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French spécialiste. Equivalent to speciaal + -ist.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˌspeː.ʃaːˈlɪst/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: spe‧ci‧a‧list
- Rhymes: -ɪst
Noun
[edit]specialist m (plural specialisten, diminutive specialistje n, feminine specialiste)
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[edit]- → Indonesian: spesialis
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French spécialiste.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]specialist m (plural specialiști, feminine equivalent specialistă)
- specialist
- Synonym: expert
Declension
[edit]Declension of specialist
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) specialist | specialistul | (niște) specialiști | specialiștii |
genitive/dative | (unui) specialist | specialistului | (unor) specialiști | specialiștilor |
vocative | specialistule | specialiștilor |
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]specialist c
- a specialist
- Antonym: generalist
Declension
[edit]Declension of specialist | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | specialist | specialisten | specialister | specialisterna |
Genitive | specialists | specialistens | specialisters | specialisternas |
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