scholar

English

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Etymology

From Middle English scoler, from Old English scōlere (“scholar, learner”), from Late Latin scholāris, from schola (“school”), equivalent to school +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈskɒlə/, X-SAMPA: /"skQl@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈskɑlɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"skA:l@`/
• Rhymes: -ɒlə(r)

Noun

scholar (plural scholars)

1. A student; one who studies at school or college.
2. A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
3. A learned person; a bookman.
4. One who educates themself for their whole life.

Derived terms

• independent scholar

Related terms

• scholarship
• scholarly

Translations

specialist in a particular branch of knowledge

• Czech: učenec (cs) m
• Esperanto: erudiciulo (eo), erudiciulino (eo)
• Finnish: tiedemies (fi)
• French: savant (fr) m, érudit (fr) m
• German: Gelehrte (de) m
• Greek: λόγιος (el) (lóghios) m
• Hungarian: tudós (hu)
• Latvian: zinātnieks (lv) m, zinātniece (lv) f
• Pashto: پوهاند (ps) (pohānd) m

• Portuguese: erudito (pt) m, especialista (pt), acadêmico (pt) m, estudioso (pt) m
• Russian: учёный (ru) (učónyj) m
• Sanskrit: पण्डित (sa) (paṇḍit) m
• Scottish Gaelic: sgoilear (gd) m, eòlaiche (gd) m
• Spanish: erudito (es) m, especialista (es), estudioso (es) m, docto (es) m, sabio (es) m

learned person

• Arabic: عالم (ar) (ʕālim) m
• German: Gelehrte (de) m
• Portuguese: erudito (pt) m, douto (pt) m

• Spanish: erudito (es) m, docto (es) m, sabio (es) m
• Turkish: âlim (tr)

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• Telugu: పండితుడు (paMDituDu) m, పండితురాలు (paMDituraalu) f

See also

• savant

External links

• scholar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• scholar in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• chorals