siyentista

== Tagalog == === Alternative forms === sayantista, sayentista === Etymology === Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English scientist, influenced by Spanish -ista. Almario (2014) suggests that this word was coined in order to avoid the ambiguity of an adjective or a noun present in the word siyentipiko, but the existence of other pseudo-Hispanisms such as antropolohista, biyolohista, and sosyolohista makes this unlikely. See also sayantist and Spanish cientista. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /sienˈtista/ [ʃɛn̪ˈt̪is.t̪ɐ] IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /sienˈtista/ [sjɛn̪ˈt̪is.t̪ɐ] Rhymes: -ista Syllabification: si‧yen‧tis‧ta === Noun === siyentista (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ) scientist Synonyms: siyentipiko, dalub-agham, sayantist ==== Related terms ==== siyensiya === References ===