Dictionary Definition
linguist
Noun
1 a specialist in linguistics [syn: linguistic
scientist]
2 a person who speaks more than one language
[syn: polyglot]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From etyl la lingua + -ist.Noun
- One who studies linguistics or a person skilled in languages.
Derived terms
Translations
one who studies linguistics
- Chinese: 語言學家, 语言学家; 语言学者
- Croatian: lingvist, jezikoslovac
- Czech: jazykovědec, lingvista
- Danish: lingvist
- Dutch: taalkundige, linguïst
- Finnish: kielitieteilijä (1), lingvistikko (1), kieliniekka (2), kielimies (2)
- French: linguiste
- Japanese: 言語学者 (gengogakusha)
- Latvian: valodnieks , lingvists
- Lithuanian: kalbininkas , lingvistas , kalbotyrininkas
- Persian: زبانشناس (zaban-shenas)
- Slovenian: jezikoslovec
- Spanish: lingüista m|f
Extensive Definition
A linguist can be
- A specialist in languages, including translators, interpreters, and language teachers.
- A specialist in linguistics. See List of linguists for prominent linguists in this sense.
Linguist may also refer to:
- The Linguist List, online linguistics resource
- The Linguist, monthly magazine of the Chartered Institute of Linguists
- Polyglot, a person skilled in multiple languages
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
bilingual, dialectician, diglot, etymologer, etymologist, glossarist, glossographer, grammarian, grammaticaster, grammatist, lexicographer, lexicologist, linguistic
scholar, linguistic scientist, linguistician, multilingual, orthoepist, paleographer, philologaster, philologer, philologian, philologist, phonemicist, phonetician, phoneticist, phonologist, polyglot, semanticist, semasiologist