specialist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French spécialiste.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspɛʃəlɪst/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)

Adjective

specialist (comparative more specialist, superlative most specialist)

(Britain) 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

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.

Antonyms

generalist
eurytopic

Derived terms

specialistic
non-specialist, nonspecialist

Related terms

specialize
subspecialty
subspecialist

Translations

expert

Albanian: specialist (sq) m, specialiste (sq) f
Arabic: مُتَخَصِّص‎ (mutaḵaṣṣiṣ), مُتَخَصِّصَة‎ f (mutaḵaṣṣiṣa), خَبِير‎ m (ḵabīr), خَبِيرَة‎ f (ḵabīra)
Armenian: մասնագետ (hy) (masnaget)
Asturian: especialista m or f
Azerbaijani: mütəxəssis
Bashkir: белгес (belges)
Belarusian: спецыялі́ст (be) m (spjecyjalíst), спецыялі́стка f (spjecyjalístka), спэцыялі́ст m (specyjalíst), спэцыялі́стка f (specyjalístka)
Bengali: বিশেষজ্ঞ (bn) (biśeṣôgẏô)
Bulgarian: специали́ст (bg) m (specialíst), специали́стка f (specialístka)
Burmese: ပါရဂူ (my) (para.gu), ကျွမ်းကျင်သူ (kywam:kyangsu)
Catalan: especialista (ca) m or f
Cherokee: ᎤᏤᎵᏛᎭ (utselidvha)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 專家／专家 (zh) (zhuānjiā), 專門家／专门家 (zh) (zhuānménjiā)
Czech: specialista (cs) m, specialistka f
Danish: specialist c
Dutch: specialist (nl) m, specialiste (nl) f
Esperanto: specialisto
Estonian: spetsialist, asjatundja
Finnish: erikoisasiantuntija (fi), spesialisti (fi)
French: spécialiste (fr) m or f
Galician: especialista (gl) m or f
Georgian: სპეციალისტი (sṗecialisṭi)
German: Spezialist (de) m, Spezialistin (de) f, Fachmann (de) m, Fachfrau (de) f, Experte (de) m, Expertin (de) f
Greek: ειδικός (el) m (eidikós), ειδική (el) f (eidikí), εμπειρογνώμονας (el) m (empeirognómonas)
Hebrew: מומחה \\ מֻמְחֶה‎ (he) m (mumkhé)
Hindi: विशेषज्ञ (hi) m (viśeṣagya)
Hungarian: szakember (hu)
Indonesian: spesialis (id), eksper (id)
Irish: speisialtóir m
Italian: specialista (it) m or f
Japanese: 専門家 (ja) (せんもんか, senmonka), 熟練者 (じゅくれんしゃ, jukurensha)
Kazakh: маман (maman), сарапшы (kk) (sarapşy)
Khmer: អ្នកឯកទេស (nĕək ʼaekteih)
Korean: 전문가(專門家) (ko) (jeonmun'ga), 숙련자(熟鍊者) (sungnyeonja)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: pispor (ku)
Kyrgyz: специалист (ky) (spetsialist), адис (ky) (adis), билгич (ky) (bilgiç)
Lao: ຜູ້ຊ່ຽວຊານ (phū siāu sān)
Latvian: speciālists m, speciāliste f
Lithuanian: specialistas m, specialistė f
Macedonian: специјали́ст m (specijalíst), специјали́стка f (specijalístka)
Malay: pakar (ms)
Maori: mātanga, pūkenga, kaimātai
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: мэргэжилтэн (mn) (mergežilten)
Norman: spécialiste m or f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: spesialist (no) m
Occitan: especialista (oc) m or f
Pashto: ماهر‎ m (māher), متخصص‎ m (motaxases)
Persian: متخصص‎ (fa) (motaxassis)
Polish: specjalista (pl) m, specjalistka (pl) f
Portuguese: especialista (pt) m or f, expert (pt) m or f
Punjabi: ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ੱਗ m (viśeśagga)
Quechua: kamayuq
Romanian: specialist (ro) m, specialistă (ro) f
Russian: специали́ст (ru) m (specialíst), специали́стка (ru) f (specialístka), экспе́рт (ru) m (ekspért)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: специјалиста m, специја̀лист m, специја̀листкиња f
Roman: specijalista m, specijàlist (sh) m, specijàlistkinja (sh) f
Slovak: špecialista m, špecialistka f
Slovene: specialist m, specialistka f, strokovnjak m, strokovnjakinja f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: specialist m, specialistka f
Spanish: especialista (es) m or f
Swedish: specialist (sv) c
Tagalog: dalubtangi, espesyalista (tl)
Tajik: мутахассис (tg) (mutaxassis)
Tatar: белгеч (tt) (belgeç)
Thai: ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ (th) (pûu-chîao-chaan)
Turkish: mütehassıs (tr), uzman (tr)
Turkmen: hünärmen, spesialist
Ukrainian: фахіве́ць (uk) m (faxivécʹ), спеціалі́ст (uk) m (specialíst), спеціалі́стка (uk) f (specialístka)
Urdu: ماہر‎ m (māhir)
Uyghur: مۇتەخەسسىس‎ (mutexessis)
Uzbek: mutaxassis (uz)
Vietnamese: nhà chuyên môn (vi)
Welsh: arbenigwr (cy)
Yiddish: ספּעציאַליסט‎ m (spetsyalist)

physician

Bulgarian: специали́ст (bg) m (specialíst)
Catalan: especialista (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 專科醫生／专科医生 (zhuānkē yīshēng)
Czech: specialista (cs) m
Dutch: specialist (nl) m or f
Finnish: erikoislääkäri (fi)
German: Facharzt (de) m
Hungarian: szakorvos (hu)
Indonesian: dokter spesialis (id), spesialis (id)
Japanese: 専門医 (せんもんい, senmon'i)
Malay: pakar perubatan
Norwegian: spesialist (no)
Polish: specjalista (pl) m
Portuguese: especialista (pt) m or f
Spanish: especialista (es) m or f
Swedish: specialist (sv) c

army rank

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: spesialisti (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Telugu: ^{(please verify)} నిపుణుడు (te) (nipuṇuḍu)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} uzman (tr)

Anagrams

plasticise

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French spécialiste.

Pronunciation

(Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˌspeː.ʃaːˈlɪst/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: spe‧ci‧a‧list
Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

specialist m (plural specialisten, diminutive specialistje n, feminine specialiste)

specialist

Derived terms

specialistisch

Related terms

specialisme

Descendants

→ Indonesian: spesialis

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French spécialiste.

Noun

specialist m (plural specialiști, feminine equivalent specialistă)

specialist

Declension

Declension of specialist

	singular		plural
	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

Synonyms

expert

Swedish

Etymology

special +‎ -ist

Noun

specialist c

a specialist

Declension

Declension of specialist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	specialist	specialisten	specialister	specialisterna
Genitive	specialists	specialistens	specialisters	specialisternas

Related terms

specialistkunskap
specialistsjuksköterska

specialist

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