linguist

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin lingua (“language”) + -ist. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/ === Noun === linguist (plural linguists) One who studies linguistics. Antonym: nonlinguist Hypernym: scholar Hyponym: philologist (usually) One who studies modern-day linguistics, that is, linguistic science. Hypernyms: scientist < scholar Hyponyms: phonologist, morphologist, syntactician, grammarian, phonetician, sociophonetician, dialectologist, dialectician; comparative linguist, anthropolinguist, cryptolinguist, Eurolinguist, geolinguist, metalinguist, neurolinguist, xenolinguist A person skilled in languages. Antonym: nonlinguist Hyponyms: multilinguist, polylinguist, trilinguist, bilinguist, orthoepist A human translator; an interpreter, especially in the armed forces. Antonym: nonlinguist ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === lingua linguaphile multilingual polyglot prescriptivist === 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) alternative form of lingvist ==== Declension ====