noun · verb · 4 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.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɛkspɜːˈtiːz/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌɛkspəˈtiːz/
Canada, General-American:/ˌɛkspɚˈtis/
Canada, General-American:/ˌɛkspɚˈtiz/
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Australian:/ˌekspɜːˈtiːz/
Australian:/ˌekspəˈtiːz/
New-Zealand:/ˌekspøːˈtiːz/
New-Zealand:/ˌekspəˈtiːz/
rhymes with -iːz
CMU ARPABET:EH2 K S P ER0 T IY1 Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Great skill or knowledge in a particular field or hobby.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Advice, or opinion, of an expert.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To supply with expert knowledge or advice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: expertness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skillfulness
Narrower terms: professionalism, sophistication
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *perh3-der. Proto-Italic *parjō Latin pariō Latin experior Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin expertusder. French expert French -ise French expertisebor. English expertise Borrowed from French expertise.
Across languages
Translations
68 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
expertesa
— great skill or knowledge
Chinese Mandarin:
專門知識 /专门知识
(zhuānmén zhīshì)
— great skill or knowledge
Czech:
odbornost
— great skill or knowledge
Czech:
expertiza
— great skill or knowledge
Esperanto:
kompetenteco
— great skill or knowledge
Esperanto:
sperteco
— great skill or knowledge
Finnish:
asiantuntemus
— great skill or knowledge
Finnish:
taito
— great skill or knowledge
Finnish:
taitavuus
— great skill or knowledge
French:
compétence
— great skill or knowledge
French:
expertise
— great skill or knowledge
Galician:
arte
— great skill or knowledge
Galician:
destreza
— great skill or knowledge
Galician:
habelencia
— great skill or knowledge
Galician:
habilidade
— great skill or knowledge
Galician:
man
— great skill or knowledge
Galician:
mestría
— great skill or knowledge
Galician:
pericia
— great skill or knowledge
Galician:
soltura
— great skill or knowledge
German:
Expertise
— great skill or knowledge
German:
Fachkenntnis
— great skill or knowledge
German:
Sachverstand
— great skill or knowledge
Hungarian:
szakértelem
— great skill or knowledge
Hungarian:
szaktudás
— great skill or knowledge
Indonesian:
kepakaran
— great skill or knowledge
Italian:
competenza
— great skill or knowledge
Japanese:
専門的知識
(senmonteki chishiki)
— great skill or knowledge
Central Kurdish:
ئاشنا
(aşna)
— great skill or knowledge
Macedonian:
стручност
(stručnost)
— great skill or knowledge
Māori:
tohungatanga
— great skill or knowledge
Middle English:
sleighte
— great skill or knowledge
Portuguese:
perícia
— great skill or knowledge
Portuguese:
especialidade
— great skill or knowledge
Portuguese:
expertise
— great skill or knowledge
Romanian:
expertiză
— great skill or knowledge
Romanian:
competență
— great skill or knowledge
Russian:
компете́нтность
(kompeténtnostʹ)
— great skill or knowledge
Russian:
зна́ния
— great skill or knowledge
Russian:
о́пыт
— great skill or knowledge
Russian:
мастерство́
(masterstvó)
— great skill or knowledge
Russian:
зна́ние де́ла
(znánije déla)
— great skill or knowledge
Russian:
подгото́вка
(podgotóvka)
— great skill or knowledge
Sicilian:
spirtizza
— great skill or knowledge
Sicilian:
majistrìa
— great skill or knowledge
Spanish:
pericia
— great skill or knowledge
Spanish:
expertise
— great skill or knowledge
Spanish:
experticia
— great skill or knowledge
Spanish:
peritaje
— great skill or knowledge
Spanish:
peritación
— great skill or knowledge
Swedish:
expertis
— great skill or knowledge
Tagalog:
kadalubhasaan
— great skill or knowledge
Turkish:
ustalık
— great skill or knowledge
Abkhaz:
аҭҵаара
(atcʼaara)
— advice or opinion of an expert
French:
expertise
— advice or opinion of an expert
German:
Expertise
— advice or opinion of an expert
German:
Fachkenntnis
— advice or opinion of an expert
German:
Sachverstand
— advice or opinion of an expert
Hungarian:
szakvélemény
— advice or opinion of an expert
Italian:
perizia
— advice or opinion of an expert
Macedonian:
стручно мислење
(stručno mislenje)
— advice or opinion of an expert
Macedonian:
експерти́за
(ekspertíza)
— advice or opinion of an expert
Polish:
ekspertyza
— advice or opinion of an expert
Romanian:
expertiză
— advice or opinion of an expert
Russian:
эксперти́за
(ekspertíza)
— advice or opinion of an expert
Russian:
экспе́ртная оце́нка
(ekspértnaja océnka)
— advice or opinion of an expert
Russian:
мне́ние экспе́рта
(mnénije ekspérta)
— advice or opinion of an expert
Sicilian:
pirizzia
— advice or opinion of an expert
Sicilian:
pariri spertu
— advice or opinion of an expert
