expert

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Etymology

From Latin expertus.

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Adjective

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.

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:skillful

Antonyms

Related terms

expert system

Translations

extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable

Czech: zkušený (cs) m
Finnish: taitava (fi)
Greek: έμπειρος (el) (émpeiros) m, επιτήδειος (el) (epitídeios) m
Japanese: 専門的 (ja) (せんもんてき, senmonteki)
Korean: 숙달한 (sukdal-han), 노력한 (noryeok-han), 능숙한 (neungsuk-han)
Manx: aghtal (gv)

Romanian: expert (ro), de expert (ro)
Scottish Gaelic: ealanta (gd), teòma (gd)
Spanish: experto (es) m
Swahili: mtaalamu (sw)
Swedish: expert (sv) c
Telugu: నిపుణుడు (te) (nipinudu), నిపుణురాలు (te) (ninuralu)

characteristic of an expert

Czech: odborný (cs) m
Finnish: asiantunteva (fi)
Greek: ειδικός (el) (eidikós) m
Japanese: 専門的 (ja) (せんもんてき, senmonteki)

Korean: 전문가의 (jeonmunka-ui)
Scottish Gaelic: ealanta (gd), teòma (gd)
Swahili: mtaalamu (sw)
Swedish: expert- (sv) c

Noun

expert (plural experts)

A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.
We called in several experts on the subject, but they couldn't reach an agreement.

If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert. - David Ben-Gurion
(chess) A player ranking just below master.

Translations

person with extensive knowledge or ability

Arabic: متخصص (mutaxáṣṣiṣ) m
Chinese: 專家, 专家 (zhuānjiā), 專門家, 专门家 (zhuānménjiā)
Czech: odborník (cs) m, expert (cs) m, znalec (cs) m
Dutch: expert (nl)
Esperanto: kompetentulo (eo)
Estonian: asjatundja (et), ekspert (et)
Finnish: asiantuntija (fi), ekspertti (fi)
French: expert (fr) m
German: Experte (de) m
Greek: εμπειρογνώμων (el) (empeirognómon), εμπειροτέχνης (el) (empeirotéchnis) m, δεξιοτέχνης (el) (dexiotéchnis) m and f
Hindi: विशेषज्ञ (hi)
Japanese: 専門家 (ja) (せんもんか, senmonka), 熟練者 (ja) (じゅくれんしゃ, jukurensha)

Korean: 숙련자 (sukryeonja), 전문가 (jeonmun'ga), 명인 (名人, myeongin)
Malay: pakar (ms)
Persian: متخصص (fa)
Romanian: expert (ro) m
Russian: эксперт (ru) (ekspért), специалист (ru) (specialíst)
Scottish Gaelic: ealantach (gd) m, eòlaiche (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian: èkspert (sh) m, strȕčnjāk (sh) m, ználac (sh) m
Slovene: strokovnjak (sl) m, izvedenec (sl) m
Spanish: perito (es) m, experto (es) m
Swahili: mtaalam (sw)
Swedish: expert (sv) c, sakkunnig (sv) c
Urdu: ماہر (ur)
Zazaki: pıspor m, pıspore f

chess ranking

Finnish: ekspertti (fi)

Swahili: mtaalam (sw)

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