expert
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French, from Latin expertus, from ex (“out”) + peritus (“experienced, expert”), perfect active participle of the unattested verb *perior (“I go through”), itself from Proto-Indo-European Proto-Indo-European *per-.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.spɜːt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.spɝt/
Audio (US) (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈek.spɜːt/
Adjective edit
expert (comparative more expert, superlative most expert)
- Extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable.
- I am expert at making a simple situation complex.
- My cousin is an expert pianist.
- Characteristic of an expert.
- This problem requires expert knowledge.
- (obsolete) Proven, experienced, veteran.
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- See also Thesaurus:skillful
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Noun edit
expert (plural experts)
- A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.
- If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert. - David Ben-Gurion
- We called in several experts on the subject, but they couldn't reach an agreement.
- 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
- Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
- (chess) A player ranking just below master.
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- initiate (anyone initiated, anywhere from basic familiarity to expertise)
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Further reading edit
- "expert" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 129.
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Catalan edit
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expert (feminine experta, masculine plural experts, feminine plural expertes)
Noun edit
expert m (plural experts, feminine experta)
Further reading edit
- “expert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech edit
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expert m anim (feminine expertka)
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch expert, from Middle French expert, from Old French expert, from Latin expertus.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (chiefly Netherlands) /ɛksˈpɛːr/, (chiefly Belgium) /ɛksˈpɛrt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ex‧pert
- Rhymes: -ɛːr, -ɛrt
Noun edit
expert m (plural experts or experten, diminutive expertje n)
Usage notes edit
When expert is pronounced with a silent t (common in Netherlandic Dutch), the plural is experts. When the t is pronounced (common in Belgian Dutch), the plural is experten.
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expert (feminine experte, masculine plural experts, feminine plural expertes)
- expert
- Il est expert en matière de finances ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Il est expert dans les sciences humaines et sociales. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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expert m (plural experts, feminine experte)
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- → Turkish: eksper
Further reading edit
- “expert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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expert (strong nominative masculine singular experter, not comparable)
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number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist expert | sie ist expert | es ist expert | sie sind expert | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | experter | experte | expertes | experte |
genitive | experten | experter | experten | experter | |
dative | expertem | experter | expertem | experten | |
accusative | experten | experte | expertes | experte | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der experte | die experte | das experte | die experten |
genitive | des experten | der experten | des experten | der experten | |
dative | dem experten | der experten | dem experten | den experten | |
accusative | den experten | die experte | das experte | die experten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein experter | eine experte | ein expertes | (keine) experten |
genitive | eines experten | einer experten | eines experten | (keiner) experten | |
dative | einem experten | einer experten | einem experten | (keinen) experten | |
accusative | einen experten | eine experte | ein expertes | (keine) experten |
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Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English expert. Doublet of esperto and experto.
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expert m or f by sense (plural experts)
- expert (person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given field)
- Synonyms: especialista, perito, experto
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French expert, from Latin expertus.
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expert m (plural experți, feminine equivalent expertă)
- expert (person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given field)
- Synonym: specialist
- (computing) wizard (program or script used to simplify complex operations)
- Synonym: asistent
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singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) expert | expertul | (niște) experți | experții |
genitive/dative | (unui) expert | expertului | (unor) experți | experților |
vocative | expertule | experților |
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expert c
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Declension of expert | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | expert | experten | experter | experterna |
Genitive | experts | expertens | experters | experternas |