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biologist

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

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  • /baɪˈɒləd͡ʒɪst/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A student or professor of biology; one versed in the science of biology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: nonbiologist

Broader terms: scientist, person

2

noun

Meaning 2

(biology) a scientist who studies living organisms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: life scientist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scientist

Narrower terms: bacteriologist, botanist, phytologist, plant scientist, cytologist, ecologist, geneticist, microbiologist, molecular biologist, naturalist, natural scientist, neurobiologist, physiologist, radiobiologist, sociobiologist, taxonomist, taxonomer, systematist, vivisectionist, zoologist, animal scientist, Beadle, George Beadle, George Wells Beadle, Carrel, Alexis Carrel, Carson, Rachel Carson, Rachel Louise Carson, Delbruck, Max Delbruck, Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Huxley, Thomas Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley, Kendrew, Sir John Cowdery Kendrew, Morgan, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Pasteur, Louis Pasteur

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) 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 -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology 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 biologist From biology + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: biolog — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Arabic: أَحْيَائِي (ʔaḥyāʔī) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Armenian: կենսաբան (kensaban) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Asturian: biólogu — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Asturian: bióloga — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Basque: biologo — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Belarusian: біёлаг (bijólah) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Bulgarian: биоло́г (biológ) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Bulgarian: биоло́жка (biolóžka) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Catalan: biòleg — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Catalan: biòloga — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生物學家 /生物学家 (shēngwùxuéjiā) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Czech: biolog — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Czech: bioložka — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Danish: biolog — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Dutch: bioloog — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Dutch: biologe — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Esperanto: biologo — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Esperanto: biologino — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Esperanto: biologiisto — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Esperanto: biologiistino — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Estonian: bioloog — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Finnish: biologi — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • French: biologiste — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • French: biologue — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • West-Frisian: biolooch — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • West-Frisian: biologe — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Galician: biólogo — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Galician: bióloga — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • German: Biologe — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • German: Biologin — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Greek: βιολόγος (viológos) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Greenlandic: biologi — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Hebrew: ביולוג \ בִּיוֹלוֹג (biológ) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Hindi: जीवविज्ञानी (jīvvijñānī) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Hungarian: biológus — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Icelandic: líffræðingur — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Indonesian: biolog — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Indonesian: ahli biologi — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Indonesian: biologiwan — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Indonesian: biologi — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Indonesian: biologiwati — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Irish: bitheolaí — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Italian: biologo — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Italian: biologa — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Japanese: 生物学者 (seibutsugakusha) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Korean: 생물학자 (saengmulhakja) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Central Kurdish: ژینناس (jînnas) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Latin: biologus — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Latin: biologa — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Latvian: biologs — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Latvian: bioloģe — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Macedonian: биоло́г (biológ) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Māori: kaimātai koiora — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Norwegian Bokmål: biolog — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: biolog — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Persian: زیستشناس (zistšenās) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Polish: biolog — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Polish: biolożka — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Portuguese: biólogo — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Portuguese: bióloga — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Portuguese: biologista — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Romanian: biolog — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Romanian: biologă — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Russian: био́лог (biólog) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Serbo-Croatian: био̀лог — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Serbo-Croatian: биоло̀гица — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Serbo-Croatian: biòlog — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Serbo-Croatian: biològica — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Slovak: biológ — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Slovak: biologička — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Slovene: biolog — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Slovene: biologinja — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Spanish: biólogo — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Spanish: bióloga — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Swahili: mwanabiolojia — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Swedish: biolog — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Tagalog: haynayanon — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Tagalog: manghahaynay — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Thai: นักชีววิทยา (nák-chii-wá-wít-tá-yaa) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Turkish: biyolog — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Turkish: dirim bilimci — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Ukrainian: біо́лог (bióloh) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Ukrainian: біологи́ня (biolohýnja) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Urdu: ماہرِ حیاتیات (māhir-e-hayātiyāt) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Urdu: ماہرۂ حیاتیات (māhirā-e-hayātiyāt) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Urdu: حیاتیات دان (hayātiyāt-dān) — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Volapük: lifavan — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Volapük: hilifavan — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
  • Volapük: jilifavan — student of biology; one versed in the science of biology
Real reading context

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