generalist

English

Etymology

From general +‎ -ist.

Noun

generalist (plural generalists)

1. A person with a broad general knowledge, especially one with more than superficial knowledge in several areas and the ability to combine ideas from diverse fields.
2. (medicine) A general practitioner.
3. (ecology) Species which can thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions. A eurytopic species.

Antonyms

• specialist
• stenotopic

Translations

person with a broad general knowledge

• Catalan: generalista
• Chinese: 通才 (zh) (tōngcái)
• Finnish: yleismies
• French: généraliste (fr)
• German: Generalist (de) m
• Japanese: 何でも屋 (nandemoya), ゼネラリスト (ja) (zenerarisuto)
• Spanish: generalista
• Swedish: generalist (sv) c

general practitioner

• Catalan: generalista
• Finnish: yleislääkäri (fi)
• Spanish: generalista

biological species

• Finnish: generalisti

Anagrams

• Easterling, easterling

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French généraliste. By surface analysis, general +‎ -ist.

Noun

generalist m (plural generaliști)

1. generalist

Declension

Declension of generalist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) generalist	generalistul	(niște) generaliști	generaliștii
genitive/dative	(unui) generalist	generalistului	(unor) generaliști	generaliștilor
vocative	generalistule		generaliștilor

Swedish

Noun

generalist c

1. a generalist

   Antonym: specialist

   1. (medicine) a generalist (general practitioner)

      Synonym: allmänläkare

Declension

Declension of generalist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	generalist	generalisten	generalister	generalisterna
Genitive	generalists	generalistens	generalisters	generalisternas

References

• generalist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• generalist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)