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archaeologist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɑː.kiˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
  • General-American: /ˌɑɹ.kiˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AA2 R K IY0 AA1 L AH0 JH IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who studies or practises archaeology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: archaeologian, archaeologer

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: archeologist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anthropologist

Narrower terms: Egyptologist, paleographer, paleographist, pothunter, Evans, Arthur Evans, Sir Arthur John Evans, Schliemann, Heinrich Schliemann, Thompson, Homer Thompson, Homer A. Thompson, Homer Armstrong Thompson, Wheeler, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler, Winckelmann, Johann Winckelmann, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Woolley, Sir Leonard Woolley, Sir Charles Leonard Woolley

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h2ergh-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía) Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā) English archaeolog(y) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English archaeologist From archaeolog(y) + -ist. By surface analysis, archaeo- + -logist.

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: arkeolog — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Albanian: arkeologe — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Arabic: عَالِم آثَار (ʕālim ʔāṯār) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Aragonese: arqueologo — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Armenian: հնագետ (hnaget) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Asturian: arqueólogu — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Belarusian: архео́лаг (arxjeólah) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Belarusian: архэо́лёг (arxeóljoh) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Bulgarian: археоло́г (arheológ) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Bulgarian: археоло́жка (arheolóžka) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Catalan: arqueòleg — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 考古學家 /考古学家 (kǎogǔxuéjiā) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Czech: archeolog — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Czech: archeoložka — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Danish: arkæolog — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Dutch: archeoloog — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Dutch: archeologe — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Dutch: oudheidkundige — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Esperanto: arĥeologo — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Estonian: arheoloog — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Extremaduran: arqueólogu — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Finnish: arkeologi — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • French: archéologue — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • French: archéologiste — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Galician: arqueólogo — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Galician: arqueóloga — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Georgian: არქეოლოგი (arkeologi) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • German: Archäologe — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • German: Archäologin — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Greek: αρχαιολόγος (archaiológos) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Hebrew: אַרְכֵאוֹלוֹג (arkheolog) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Hebrew: ארכאולוגית (arkheologit) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Hindi: पुरातत्वज्ञ (purātatvajña) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Hungarian: archeológus — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Hungarian: régész — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Hungarian: régésznő — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Icelandic: fornleifafræðingur — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Indonesian: arkeolog — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Irish: seandálaí — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Italian: archeologo — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Italian: archeologa — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Japanese: 考古学者 (kōkogakusha) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Korean: 고고학자 (gogohakja) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Northern Kurdish: arkeolog — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Northern Kurdish: şûnwarnas — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Northern Kurdish: bastannas — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Latin: archaeologista — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Latin: archaeologistus — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Latvian: arheologs — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Latvian: arheoloģe — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Lithuanian: archeologas — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Lithuanian: archeologienė — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Macedonian: археоло́г (arheológ) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Manx: shenndaalee — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Norwegian Bokmål: arkeolog — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: arkeolog — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Occitan: arqueològ — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Persian: باستانشناس (bâstân-šenâs) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Polish: archeolog — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Polish: archeolożka — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Portuguese: arqueólogo — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Portuguese: arqueóloga — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Romanian: arheolog — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Romanian: arheologă — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Russian: архео́лог (arxeólog) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Scottish Gaelic: àrsair — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Serbo-Croatian: археолог — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Serbo-Croatian: arheolog — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Slovak: archeológ — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Slovene: arheolog — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Spanish: arqueólogo — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Spanish: arqueóloga — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Swahili: mwanaakiolojia — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Swedish: arkeolog — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Tagalog: arkeologo — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Turkish: arkeolog — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Turkish: kazı bilimci — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Ukrainian: архео́лог (arxeóloh) — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Unami: kèhktamit — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Volapük: vönotavan — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Volapük: hivönotavan — someone who studies or practises archaeology
  • Volapük: jivönotavan — someone who studies or practises archaeology
Real reading context

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