expert

See also: expèrt

English

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expert

Etymology

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

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.spɜːt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.spɝt/
- Audio (US) (file)
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈek.spɜːt/

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.
(obsolete) Proven, experienced, veteran.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:skillful

Antonyms

Derived terms

Translations

extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable

Arabic: خَبٍير m
Assamese: পাকৈত (pakoit)
Bengali: দক্ষ (bn) (dokkho)
Bulgarian: вещ (bg) (vešt)
Catalan: expert (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: zkušený (cs) m
Finnish: taitava (fi)
Galician: experto (gl) m
German: fachmännisch (de)
Greek: έμπειρος (el) m (émpeiros), επιτήδειος (el) m (epitídeios)
Hindi: निपुण (hi) m (nipuṇ)
Italian: esperto (it), abile (it), provato (it)
Japanese: 専門的 (ja) (せんもんてき, senmonteki)
Khmer: ជំនាញ (km) (cumniəñ)
Korean: 전문적 (ko) (jeonmunjeok)
Latin: perītus, callidus
Malayalam: വിദഗ്ധന് m (vidagdhaṉ)
Manx: aghtal
Maori: mākohakoha
Old English: andwīs
Portuguese: especialista (pt), perito (pt) m, expert (pt) m or f
Romanian: expert (ro), de expert
Russian: экспе́ртный (ru) (ekspértnyj)
Sanskrit: ऋभु (sa) (ṛbhu)
Scottish Gaelic: ealanta, teòma
Spanish: experto (es)
Swedish: expert (sv) c
Tagalog: dalubhasa
Telugu: నిపుణుడు (te) (nipuṇuḍu), నిపుణురాలు (nipuṇurālu)
Turkish: usta (tr), işinin eri

characteristic of an expert

Bulgarian: експертен (eksperten)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: odborný (cs) m
Finnish: asiantunteva
Greek: ειδικός (el) m (eidikós)
Hungarian: szakavatott (hu)
Italian: specialistico (it)
Japanese: 専門的 (ja) (せんもんてき, senmonteki)
Korean: 전문적 (ko) (jeonmunjeok)
Scottish Gaelic: ealanta, teòma
Spanish: pericial
Swedish: expert- (sv) c
Turkish: ustaca (tr), usta (tr)

Noun

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.

Synonyms

Hyponyms

connoisseur

Coordinate terms

initiate (anyone initiated, anywhere from basic familiarity to expertise)

Translations

person with extensive knowledge or ability

Albanian: ekspert (sq) m
Amharic: ዓዋቂ (ʿawaḳi)
Arabic: مُتَخَصِّص m (mutaḵaṣṣiṣ), مُتَخَصِّصَة f (mutaḵaṣṣiṣa), خَبِير m (ḵabīr), خَبِيرَة f (ḵabīra)
Egyptian Arabic: خبير m (ḵabīr)

Gulf Arabic: خبير m (ḵabīr)
Armenian: փորձագետ (hy) (pʻorjaget)
Azerbaijani: ekspert, mütəxəssis
Bashkir: белгес (belges)
Basque: aditu
Belarusian: экспе́рт m (ekspjért), экспэ́рт m (ekspért)
Bengali: বিশেষজ্ঞ (bn) (biśeśojno), দক্ষ (bn) (dokkho)
Bulgarian: експе́рт (bg) m (ekspért)
Burmese: ကျွမ်းကျင်သူ (kywam:kyangsu)
Catalan: expert (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 專家／专家 (zyun¹ gaa¹), 高手 (gou¹ sau²)

Hakka: 高手 (kô-sú)

Hokkien: 高手 (zh-min-nan) (ko͘-chhiú)

Mandarin: 專家／专家 (zh) (zhuānjiā), 專門家／专门家 (zh) (zhuānménjiā), 高手 (zh) (gāoshǒu)
Czech: odborník (cs) m, expert (cs) m, znalec (cs) m
Danish: ekspert (da) c
Dutch: deskundige (nl), expert (nl)
Esperanto: kompetentulo
Estonian: asjatundja, ekspert (et)
Finnish: asiantuntija (fi), ekspertti (fi)
French: expert (fr) m
Galician: experto (gl) m
Georgian: ექსპერტი (eksṗerṭi), სპეციალისტი (sṗecialisṭi), მცოდნე (mcodne)
German: Experte (de) m, Fachmann (de) m, Fachfrau (de) f
Greek: εμπειρογνώμων (el) (empeirognómon), εμπειροτέχνης (el) m (empeirotéchnis), δεξιοτέχνης (el) m or f (dexiotéchnis)
Ancient: ἐπιστήμων m (epistḗmōn)
Hebrew: מומחה / מֻמְחֶה (he) m (mumkhé)
Hindi: विशेषज्ञ (hi) m (viśeṣajña), माहिर (hi) m (māhir), कबीर (hi) m (kabīr), सिद्धहस्त (hi) m (siddhahast)
Hungarian: szakértő (hu), szakember (hu)
Icelandic: sérfræðingur m
Indonesian: ahli (id), pakar (id), eksper (id), spesialis (id)
Irish: saineolaí m
Italian: esperto (it) m
Japanese: 専門家 (ja) (senmonka), 熟練者 (ja) (jukurensha), 名人 (ja) (meijin)
Javanese: juru (jv)
Kazakh: сарапшы (kk) (sarapşy), маман (maman)
Khmer: ជំនាញ (km) (cumniəñ), អ្នកឯកទេស (nĕək ʼaekteih)
Korean: 숙련자(熟鍊者) (sungnyeonja), 전문가(專門家) (ko) (jeonmun'ga), 명인(名人) (ko) (myeong'in)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: pispor (ku)
Kyrgyz: билгич (ky) (bilgic)
Lao: ຜູ້ຊ່ຽວຊານ (phū siāu sān)
Latin: consultus m
Latvian: eksperts m, eksperte f
Lithuanian: ekspertas m
Macedonian: експерт m (ekspert)
Malay: pakar (ms)
Maori: tautōhito, pūkenga, mātanga
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: мэргэжилтэн (mn) (mergežilten), шинжээч (mn) (šinžeeč), эксперт (ekspert)
Navajo: yééhósinígíí
Ngazidja Comorian: mtââlamu class 1/2
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ekspert m
Occitan: expèrt (oc) m
Ottoman Turkish: متخصص (mütehassıs)
Pashto: ماهر m (māher), متخصص m (motaxases)
Persian: خبره (fa) (xebre), متخصص (fa) (motexasses)
Polish: ekspert (pl) m
Portuguese: expert (pt) m or f, especialista (pt) m or f, perito (pt) m
Romanian: expert (ro) m
Russian: экспе́рт (ru) m (ekspért), специали́ст (ru) m (specialíst), специали́стка (ru) f (specialístka), знато́к (ru) m (znatók)
Scottish Gaelic: ealantach m, eòlaiche m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ѐксперт m, стру̏чња̄к m, зна́лац m

Roman: èkspert (sh) m, strȕčnjāk (sh) m, ználac (sh) m
Slovak: odborník (sk) m, znalec m, expert (sk) m
Slovene: strokovnjak m, izvedenec m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: eksperta m
Spanish: perito (es) m, experto (es) m, conocedor (es)
Swahili: mtaalam (sw), mtaalamu (sw)
Swedish: expert (sv) c, sakkunnig (sv) c
Tagalog: dalubhasa, eksperto
Tajik: мутахассис (tg) (mutaxassis), эксперт (tg) (ekspert)
Tatar: белгеч (tt) (belgeç)
Thai: ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ (th) (pûu-chîao-chaan)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: uzman (tr), usta (tr), üstat (tr), mütehassıs (tr), bilirkişi (tr)
Turkmen: ekspert, ussat
Ukrainian: експе́рт (uk) m (ekspért), фахіве́ць (uk) m (faxivécʹ), знаве́ць m (znavéts)
Urdu: ماہر (māhir)
Uyghur: مۇتەخەسسىس (mutexessis)
Uzbek: ekspert (uz), mutaxassis (uz)
Vietnamese: chuyên gia (vi)
Welsh: arbenigwr (cy) m
Yiddish: עקספּערט m (ekspert)
Zazaki: pıspor m, pıspore f

chess ranking

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: ekspertti (fi)
Galician: experto (gl) m

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Translations to be checked

Telugu: ^{(please verify)} సిద్ధహస్తుడు (siddhahastuḍu)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} bilirkişi (tr)

Anagrams

pretex, xerept

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Adjective

expert (feminine experta, masculine plural experts, feminine plural expertes)

expert

Noun

expert m (plural experts, feminine experta)

expert
Synonym: perit

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Audio (file)

Noun

expert m anim (feminine expertka)

expert (person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject)
Synonyms: odborník, znalec

Declension

Declension of expert (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	expert	experti
genitive	experta	expertů
dative	expertovi, expertu	expertům
accusative	experta	experty
vocative	experte	experti
locative	expertovi, expertu	expertech
instrumental	expertem	experty

Related terms

expertní

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch expert, from Middle French expert, from Old French expert, from Latin expertus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (chiefly Netherlands) /ɛksˈpɛːr/, (chiefly Belgium) /ɛksˈpɛrt/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: ex‧pert
Rhymes: -ɛːr, -ɛrt

Noun

expert m (plural experts or experten, diminutive expertje n)

expert

Usage notes

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.

Synonyms

deskundige

Related terms

expertise

Descendants

Afrikaans: ekspert
→ Indonesian: eksper
→ West Frisian: ekspert

French

Etymology

From Latin expertus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛk.spɛʁ/
Audio (file)

Adjective

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)

Derived terms

Related terms

inexpert

Noun

expert m (plural experts, feminine experte)

expert

Descendants

→ Turkish: eksper

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French expert.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: ex‧pert
Audio (file)

Adjective

expert (strong nominative masculine singular experter, not comparable)

expert

Declension

Positive forms of expert (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English expert. Doublet of esperto and experto.

Pronunciation

Audio (Center-West, Brazil) (file)
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛks.pɛʁt͡ʃ/

Noun

expert m or f by sense (plural experts)

expert (person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given field)
Synonyms: especialista, perito, experto

Related terms

expertise

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French expert, from Latin expertus.

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of expert

	singular		plural
	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

Swedish

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

expert c

expert

Declension

Declension of expert
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	expert	experten	experter	experterna
Genitive	experts	expertens	experters	experternas

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