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Etymology
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First attested 1562, borrowed from French chimiste , from Medieval Latin chimista , from earlier alchimista ( literally “ alchemist ” ) , from Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء ( al-kīmiyāʔ ) , from article al- + Ancient Greek χυμεία ( khumeía , “ art of alloying metals ” ) , from χύμα ( khúma , “ fluid ” ) , from χυμός ( khumós , “ juice ” ) , from χέω ( khéō , “ I pour ” ) . As a synonym for pharmacy , a metonymous use of the proprietor to stand for their shop.
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chemist (plural chemists )
A person who specializes in the science of chemistry , especially at a professional level.
2013 August 10, “A new prescription ”, in The Economist , volume 408 , number 8848 :As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.
( chiefly Britain , Australia , New Zealand , Ghana ) Synonym of pharmacist .
( chiefly Britain , Australia , New Zealand ) Synonym of pharmacy , especially as a standalone shop or general store .
( obsolete ) An alchemist .Derived terms
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person working in chemistry
Afrikaans: chemikus (af)
Albanian: kimist (sq) m
Arabic: كِيمِيَائِيّ m ( kīmiyāʔiyy )
Armenian: քիմիկոս (hy) ( kʿimikos )
Asturian: químicu m
Azerbaijani: kimyaçı
Basque: kimikari
Belarusian: хі́мік m ( xímik )
Bulgarian: хими́к m ( himík ) , хими́чка f ( himíčka )
Catalan: químic (ca) m , química (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 化學家 / 化学家 (zh) ( huàxuéjiā )
Czech: chemik (cs) m
Danish: kemiker (da) c
Dutch: scheikundige (nl) m or f , chemicus (nl) m
Esperanto: kemiisto , ĥemiisto
Estonian: keemik
Faroese: evnafrøðingur m
Finnish: kemisti (fi)
French: chimiste (fr) m or f
Galician: químico (gl) m , química (gl) f
Georgian: ქიმიკოსი ( kimiḳosi )
German: Chemiker (de) m , Chemikerin (de) f
Greek: χημικός (el) m or f ( chimikós )
Hindi: कीमियागर (hi) m ( kīmiyāgar )
Hungarian: vegyész (hu) , kémikus (hu)
Icelandic: efnafræðingur m
Indonesian: kimiawan
Irish: ceimiceoir m
Italian: chimico (it) m , chimica (it) f
Japanese: 化学者 (ja) ( かがくしゃ, kagakusha )
Kazakh: химик ( ximik ) , химияшы ( ximiäşy )
Khmer: គីមីវិទូ ( kiimii vituu )
Korean: 화학자 (ko) ( hwahakja )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kîmyanas (ku)
Kyrgyz: химик (ky) ( himik )
Lao: ນັກເຄມີ ( nak khē mī )
Latvian: ķīmiķis m , ķīmiķe f
Lithuanian: chemikas m
Macedonian: хемичар m ( hemičar )
Maltese: kimiku
Mongolian: химич (mn) ( ximič )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kjemiker (no) m
Nynorsk: kjemikar m
Persian: شیمیدان ( šimi-dân )
Polish: chemik (pl) m
Portuguese: químico (pt) m , química (pt) f
Romanian: chimist (ro) m , chimistă (ro) f
Russian: хи́мик (ru) m ( xímik ) ( for both male and female )
Scottish Gaelic: dùileòlaiche m
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: kemičar (sh) m , kemičarka (sh) f
Slovak: chemik (sk) m , chemička (sk) f
Slovene: kemik (sl) m , kémičarka f
Spanish: químico (es) m , química (es) f
Swahili: mwanakemia , mkemia
Swedish: kemist (sv) c
Tajik: химик (tg) ( ximik ) , химикдон ( ximikdon )
Telugu: రసాయనశాస్త్రజ్ఞుడు ( rasāyanaśāstrajñuḍu )
Thai: นักเคมี ( nák-kee-mii )
Turkish: kimyacı (tr)
Turkmen: himik
Ukrainian: хі́мік m ( xímik )
Uzbek: kimyogar (uz)
Vietnamese: nhà hoá học
Welsh: cemegwr (cy) m , cemegwraig (cy) f , cemegydd (cy) m or f
Yiddish: כעמיקער m ( khemiker ) , כעמיקערין f ( khemikerin )
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