erudition

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• /ˌɛɹʊˈdɪʃən/
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First attested in the 15th Century. From Middle French érudition, from Latin eruditio (“an instructing, learning, erudition”), from erudire (“to instruct, educate, cultivate”, literally “free from rudeness”), from e (“out”) + rudis (“rude”). By surface analysis, erudite + -ion.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ներհունություն (nerhunutʻyun) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Bengali: এলেম (elem) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Bulgarian: еруди́ция (erudícija) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Chinese Mandarin: 博學 /博学 (bóxué) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Chinese Mandarin: 學識 /学识 (xuéshí) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Chinese Mandarin: 學問 /学问 (xuéwèn) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Chinese Mandarin: 學問 /学问 (xuéwen) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Danish: lærdom — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Danish: erudition — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Dutch: geleerdheid — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Dutch: eruditie — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Finnish: oppineisuus — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• French: érudition — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Galician: erudición — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• German: Belesenheit — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• German: Gelehrtheit — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• German: Bildung — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• German: Gelehrsamkeit — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Greek: πολυμάθεια (polymátheia) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Greek: λογιότητα (logiótita) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Greek: σοφία (sofía) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Hebrew: אוֹרְיָנוּת (oryanút) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Hungarian: műveltség — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Hungarian: tanultság — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Interlingua: erudition — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Japanese: 博学 (hakugaku) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Korean: 박학 (bakhak) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Latin: doctrīna — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Latin: ērudītiō — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Polish: erudycja — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Polish: oczytanie — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Portuguese: erudição — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Romanian: erudiție — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Russian: эруди́ция (erudícija) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Russian: начи́танность (načítannostʹ) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Russian: у́мственный бага́ж (úmstvennyj bagáž) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Serbo-Croatian: načitanost — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Serbo-Croatian: начитаност — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Serbo-Croatian: erudicija — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Spanish: erudición — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Swedish: bildning — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Swedish: beläsenhet — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Swedish: lärdom — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Swedish: erudition — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Swedish: vitterhet — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Tagalog: kaalaliman — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Turkish: bilginlik — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Ukrainian: еруди́ція (erudýcija) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Ukrainian: бага́ж зна́нь (baháž znánʹ) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
• Ukrainian: розумо́вий бага́ж (rozumóvyj baháž) — profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship