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• ĕk′spûrt n. and adj.
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• adjective: ĭk-spûrt′
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.spɜːt/ n. and adj.
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• Received-Pronunciation, adjective: /ɪkˈspɜːt/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈɛk.spɜɹt/ n. and adj.
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• Canada, General-American, adjective: /ɪkˈspɜɹt/
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• Australian: /ˈek.spɜːt/ n. and adj.
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• Australian, adjective: /ɪkˈspɜːt/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈek.spøːt/ n. and adj.
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• New-Zealand, adjective: /əkˈspøːt/
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• Scotland: /ˈɛk.spɛɹt/ n. and adj.
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• Scotland, adjective: /ɪkˈspɛɹt/
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• rhymes with -ɛkspɜː(ɹ)t
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• CMU ARPABET: EH1 K S P ER0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English expert, derived from Old French expert (“experienced”), espert, from Latin expertus (contracted from *experitus), perfect active participle of experior (“to try”), from ex- + *-perior.

228 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَبِير (ḵabīr) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Arabic: مَاهِر (māhir) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Assamese: পাকৈত (pakoit) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Bengali: দক্ষ (dokkho) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Bulgarian: вещ (vešt) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Catalan: expert — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Czech: zkušený — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Esperanto: sperta — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Esperanto: spertaj — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Finnish: taitava — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• French: expert — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Galician: experto — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• German: fachmännisch — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Greek: έμπειρος (émpeiros) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Greek: επιτήδειος (epitídeios) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Hindi: दक्ष (dakṣ) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Hindi: कुशल (kuśal) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Hindi: निपुण (nipuṇ) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Hindi: पारंगत (pāraṅgat) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Indonesian: ahli — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Italian: esperto — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Italian: abile — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Italian: provato — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Japanese: 専門的 (senmonteki) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Khmer: ជំនាញ (cumniəñ) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Korean: 전문적 (jeonmunjeok) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Latin: perītus — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Latin: callidus — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Malayalam: വിദഗ്ധന് (vidagdhaṉ) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Manx: aghtal — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Māori: mākohakoha — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Old English: andwīs — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Iranian Persian: ماهِر (mâher) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Portuguese: especialista — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Portuguese: perito — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Portuguese: expert — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Romanian: expert — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Romanian: de expert — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Russian: экспе́ртный (ekspértnyj) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Sanskrit: ऋभु (ṛbhu) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Scottish Gaelic: ealanta — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Scottish Gaelic: teòma — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Spanish: experto — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Swedish: expert — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Tagalog: dalubhasa — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Tagalog: eksperto — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Telugu: నిపుణుడు (nipuṇuḍu) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Telugu: నిపుణురాలు (nipuṇurālu) — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Turkish: usta — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Turkish: işinin eri — extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable
• Bulgarian: експе́ртен (ekspérten) — characteristic of an expert
• Czech: odborný — characteristic of an expert
• Finnish: asiantunteva — characteristic of an expert
• Greek: ειδικός (eidikós) — characteristic of an expert
• Hungarian: szakavatott — characteristic of an expert
• Italian: specialistico — characteristic of an expert
• Japanese: 専門的 (senmonteki) — characteristic of an expert
• Korean: 전문적 (jeonmunjeok) — characteristic of an expert
• Scottish Gaelic: ealanta — characteristic of an expert
• Scottish Gaelic: teòma — characteristic of an expert
• Spanish: pericial — characteristic of an expert
• Swedish: expert- — characteristic of an expert
• Turkish: ustaca — characteristic of an expert
• Turkish: usta — characteristic of an expert
• Albanian: ekspert — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Amharic: ዓዋቂ (ʿawaḳi) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Arabic: مُتَخَصِّص (mutaḵaṣṣiṣ) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Arabic: مُتَخَصِّصَة (mutaḵaṣṣiṣa) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Arabic: خَبِير (ḵabīr) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Arabic: خَبِيرَة (ḵabīra) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Arabic: خبير (ḵabīr) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Arabic: خبير (ḵabīr) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Armenian: փորձագետ (pʻorjaget) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Azerbaijani: ekspert — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Azerbaijani: mütəxəssis — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Bashkir: белгес (belges) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Basque: aditu — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Belarusian: экспе́рт (ekspjért) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Belarusian: экспэ́рт (ekspért) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Bengali: বিশেষজ্ঞ (biśeśojno) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Bengali: দক্ষ (dokkho) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Bulgarian: експе́рт (ekspért) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Burmese: ကျွမ်းကျင်သူ (kywam:kyangsu) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Catalan: expert — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Chinese Cantonese: 專家 /专家 (zyun1 gaa1) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Chinese Cantonese: 高手 (gou1 sau2) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Hakka Chinese: 高手 (kô-sú) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Chinese: 高手 (zh-min-nan) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Chinese Mandarin: 專家 /专家 (zhuānjiā) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Chinese Mandarin: 專門家 /专门家 (zhuānménjiā) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Chinese Mandarin: 高手 (gāoshǒu) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Ngazidja Comorian: mtââlamu — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Czech: odborník — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Czech: expert — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Czech: znalec — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Danish: ekspert — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Dutch: deskundige — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Dutch: expert — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Esperanto: kompetentulo — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Esperanto: kompetentuloj — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Esperanto: spertulo — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Esperanto: spertuloj — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Esperanto: eksperto — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Esperanto: ekspertoj — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Esperanto: fakulo — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Estonian: asjatundja — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Estonian: ekspert — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Finnish: asiantuntija — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Finnish: ekspertti — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• French: expert — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Galician: experto — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Georgian: ექსპერტი (eksṗerṭi) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Georgian: სპეციალისტი (sṗecialisṭi) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Georgian: მცოდნე (mcodne) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• German: Experte — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• German: Fachmann — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• German: Fachfrau — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Greek: εμπειρογνώμων (empeirognómon) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Greek: εμπειροτέχνης (empeirotéchnis) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Greek: δεξιοτέχνης (dexiotéchnis) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιστήμων (epistḗmōn) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Hebrew: מומחה — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Hebrew: מֻמְחֶה (mumkhé) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Hindi: विशेषज्ञ (viśeṣajña) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Hindi: माहिर (māhir) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Hindi: कबीर (kabīr) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Hindi: सिद्धहस्त (siddhahast) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Hungarian: szakértő — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Hungarian: szakember — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Icelandic: sérfræðingur — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Indonesian: ahli — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Indonesian: pakar — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Indonesian: eksper — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Indonesian: spesialis — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Irish: saineolaí — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Italian: esperto — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Japanese: 専門家 (senmonka) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Japanese: 熟練者 (jukurensha) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Japanese: 名人 (meijin) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Javanese: juru — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Kazakh: сарапшы (sarapşy) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Kazakh: маман (maman) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Khmer: ជំនាញ (cumniəñ) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Khmer: អ្នកឯកទេស (nĕək ʼaekteih) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Korean: 숙련자 (sungnyeonja) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Korean: 전문가 (jeonmun'ga) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Korean: 명인 (myeong'in) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Northern Kurdish: pispor — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Kyrgyz: билгич (bilgic) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Lao: ຜູ້ຊ່ຽວຊານ (phū siāu sān) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Latin: consultus — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Latvian: eksperts — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Latvian: eksperte — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Lithuanian: ekspertas — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Macedonian: експерт (ekspert) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Malay: pakar — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Māori: tautōhito — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Māori: pūkenga — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Māori: mātanga — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Mongolian: мэргэжилтэн (mergežilten) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Mongolian: шинжээч (šinžeeč) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Mongolian: эксперт (ekspert) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Navajo: yééhósinígíí — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Norwegian Bokmål: ekspert — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Occitan: expèrt — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Pashto: ماهر (māher) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Pashto: متخصص (motaxases) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Iranian Persian: خِبْرِه (xebre) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Iranian Persian: مُتَخَصِّص (motaxasses) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Polish: ekspert — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Portuguese: expert — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Portuguese: especialista — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Portuguese: perito — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Romanian: expert — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Russian: экспе́рт (ekspért) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Russian: специали́ст (specialíst) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Russian: специали́стка (specialístka) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Russian: знато́к (znatók) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Scottish Gaelic: ealantach — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Scottish Gaelic: eòlaiche — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Serbo-Croatian: ѐксперт — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Serbo-Croatian: стру̏чња̄к — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Serbo-Croatian: зна́лац — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Serbo-Croatian: èkspert — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Serbo-Croatian: strȕčnjāk — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Serbo-Croatian: ználac — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Slovak: odborník — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Slovak: znalec — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Slovak: expert — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Slovene: strokovnjak — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Slovene: izvedenec — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Lower Sorbian: eksperta — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Spanish: perito — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Spanish: experto — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Spanish: conocedor — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Swahili: mtaalam — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Swahili: mtaalamu — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Swedish: expert — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Swedish: sakkunnig — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Tagalog: dalubhasa — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Tagalog: eksperto — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Tajik: мутахассис (mutaxassis) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Tajik: эксперт (ekspert) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Tatar: белгеч (belgeç) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Thai: ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ (pûu-chîao-chaan) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Turkish: uzman — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Turkish: usta — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Turkish: üstat — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Turkish: mütehassıs — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Turkish: bilirkişi — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Ottoman Turkish: متخصص (mütehassıs) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Turkmen: ekspert — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Turkmen: ussat — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Ukrainian: експе́рт (ekspért) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Ukrainian: фахіве́ць (faxivécʹ) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Ukrainian: знаве́ць (znavécʹ) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Urdu: ماہِر (māhir) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Urdu: مُتَخَصِّص (mutaxassis) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Uyghur: مۇتەخەسسىس (mutexessis) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Uzbek: ekspert — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Uzbek: mutaxassis — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Vietnamese: chuyên gia — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Welsh: arbenigwr — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Yiddish: עקספּערט (ekspert) — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Zazaki: pıspor — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Zazaki: pıspore — person with extensive knowledge or ability
• Finnish: ekspertti — chess ranking
• Galician: experto — chess ranking