cientista

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English scientist.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -istɐ

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.ẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/ [sɪ.ẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /sjẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.ẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/ [sɪ.ẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /sjẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /si.ẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/ [sɪ.ẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /sjẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.ẽˈt͡ʃis.ta/ [sɪ.ẽˈt͡ʃis.ta], (faster pronunciation) /sjẽˈt͡ʃis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sjẽˈtiʃ.tɐ/

Noun

cientista m or f by sense (plural cientistas)

1. scientist

Related terms

• cientificista

Spanish

Noun

cientista m or f by sense (plural cientistas)

1. scientist (of certain types of science)

Derived terms

• cientista político
• cientista social

 

Further reading

• “cientista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014