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Definitions: Linguist |
LinguistNoun1. A specialist in linguistics. 2. A person who speaks more than one language. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "linguist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Occupations | A term applied to any person who has become skilled in languages, particularly living languages. Classifications are made according to occupation in which this skill is utilized, as INTERPRETER (profess. & kin.); TRANSLATOR (profess. & kin.). (references) |
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Synonyms: LinguistSynonyms: linguistic scientist (n), polyglot (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Scholar | Noun: scholar, connoisseur, savant, pundit, schoolman, professor, graduate, wrangler; academician, academist; master of arts, doctor, licentitate, gownsman; philosopher, master of math; scientist, clerk; sophist, sophister; linguist; glossolinguist, philologist; philologer; lexicographer, glossographer; grammarian; litterateur, literati, dilettanti, illuminati, cogniscenti; fellow, Hebraist, lexicologist, mullah, munshi, Sanskritish; sinologist, sinologue; Mezzofanti, admirable Crichton, Mecaenas. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Linguist |
| English words defined with "linguist": A. Noam Chomsky ♦ Bloomfield ♦ Chomsky, computational linguist ♦ de Saussure ♦ Edward Sapir, etymologize ♦ Ferdinand de Saussure, Firth ♦ Glottologist, grammarian ♦ Hebraist ♦ J. R. Firth, Jakobson, Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, Jespersen, John Rupert Firth ♦ Leonard Bloomfield ♦ Noam Chomsky ♦ Otto Jespersen ♦ psycholinguist ♦ Roman Jakobson, Roman Osipovich Jakobson ♦ Sapir, Saussure, sociolinguist, syntactician. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "linguist": Amadis of Gaul ♦ HAIR-DRESSER ♦ Rabbi Abron of Trent. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Linguist" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (linguist). |
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Screenplays | You always were a cunning linguist, James. (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Portrait of the author - Daniel Schwenter, scholar; a mathematician and linguist familiar with Greek, Latin, Arabic, etc. "Geometriae practicae novae et auctae tractatus I[-IV] ..." by Schwenter, Daniel, 1585-1636. Vol II, page 1. Published posthumously in 1641.Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He examined without passion, and with the eye of a linguist decyphering a palimpsest, the portion of chaos which there is yet in nature. |
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| "Linguist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Linguist" is used about 154 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 154 | 25,326 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "linguist": computational linguist. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "linguist": non-linguist. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
insightful linguist | 66 | ask linguist | 4 |
linguist | 63 | career linguist | 4 |
the cunning linguist | 22 | government job linguist | 3 |
linguist list | 19 | job linguist opening | 3 |
arabic job linguist | 11 | linguist military | 2 |
linguist job | 9 | linguist software | 2 |
arabic linguist | 8 | arabic job linguist opening | 2 |
little linguist | 6 | linguist neuro programming | 2 |
army linguist | 6 | cellar door linguist | 2 |
institute linguist | 6 | german guard linguist national | 2 |
air force linguist | 4 | neurosmith little linguist | 2 |
cryptologic linguist | 4 | gezocht linguist | 2 |
linguist linguistics non | 2 | ||
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| Language | Translations for "linguist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | linguïs. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | gjuhëtar, filolog (philologist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ملم بلغات عديدة (linguistic), عالم لغوي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | езиковед, лингвист, полиглот (polyglot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 語言學家 , 语言学家. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | lingvista (philologist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | taalkundige, taalgeleerde, linguïst. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | lingvisto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | متخصص زبان شناسی , زبانشناس , زبان دان . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kielitieteilijä (philologist), kielimies, kielentuntija. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | spécialiste en langues étrangères. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sprachwissenschaftler (philologist), linguist. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γλωσσομαθήσ (polyglot), γλωσσολόγοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לשונאי, בלשן (etymologist, philologist), בעל לשונות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nyelvész (grammarian, philologist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ahli bahasa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | linguista. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 言語学者 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | げんごがくしゃ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 언어학자. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | glareydagh (linguistic), chengeyder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inguistlay lingüista. (various references) lingvist (philologist). (various references) языковед (philologist), лингвист. (various references) teangair (orator, talker). (various references) lingvista. (various references) lingüista. (various references) lingvist, språkkunnig person, språkforskare. (various references) yabancı diller uzmanı, dilbilimci (philologist), dil öğrenen kimse. (various references) лінгвіст. (various references) nhà ngôn ngữ học người biết nhiều thứ tiếng. (various references) ieithydd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | lingua. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "linguist": linguistic, linguistical, linguistically, linguistician, linguisticians, linguistics, linguists. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "linguist": psycholinguist, sociolinguist. (additional references) | |
Words containing "linguist": crosslinguistic, crosslinguistically, extralinguistic, extralinguistically, metalinguistic, metalinguistics, nonlinguistic, paralinguistic, paralinguistics, psycholinguistic, psycholinguistics, psycholinguists, sociolinguistic, sociolinguistics, sociolinguists. (additional references) | |
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"Linguist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Lingoism, linguis, linguish, lingus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "linguist" (pronounced li"nggwust) |
| 3 | -u s t | ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-i-l-n-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: listing, lusting, lutings, silting, suiting, tilings. | |
-2 letters: glints, guilts, instil, insult, isling, lungis, luting, siting, sluing, sunlit, tiling. | |
-3 letters: gilts, glint, gluts, guilt, iglus, intis, lings, lints, lungi, lungs, lunts, sigil, sling, slung, sting, stung, suing, suint, tings, tungs, units, unlit, until, using. | |
-4 letters: gilt, gins, gist, gits, glut, gnus, guls, guns, gust, guts. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-i-l-n-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: insulting, linguists, quiltings, utilising. | |
+2 letters: guiltiness, insightful, insulating, linguistic, outsailing, outsmiling, simulating, subtitling. | |
+3 letters: agglutinins, brutalising, guillotines, insultingly, linguistics, multigrains, outslicking, singularity, squintingly, stimulating, stipulating, stultifying, sublimating, subtilizing, ungainliest, unsightlier. | |
+4 letters: absolutizing, angularities, bullbaitings, bullshitting, deglutitions, disgruntling, disgustingly, disturbingly, guiltinesses, illustrating, immunologist, inosculating, insightfully, insufflating, linguistical, multiengines, multitasking, naturalising, neutralising, outbuildings, silhouetting, simulcasting, stridulating, supplicating, undigestible, unsightliest, unstintingly, vesiculating. | |
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