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geographer

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: /d͡ʒiːˈɒɡ.ɹə.fə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /d͡ʒiˈɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/
  • Australian: /d͡ʒiːˈɔɡ.ɹə.fə(ɹ)/
  • Brisbane Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: JH IY0 AA1 G R AH0 F ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A specialist in geography.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an expert on geography

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: expert

Narrower terms: cartographer, map maker, Mercator, Gerardus Mercator, Gerhard Kremer

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English -grapher English geographer From geo- + -grapher.

Across languages

Translations

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: geograaf — a specialist in geography
  • Albanian: gjeográf — a specialist in geography
  • Albanian: gjeográfi — a specialist in geography
  • Arabic: جُغْرَافِيّ (juḡrāfiyy) — a specialist in geography
  • Arabic: جُغْرَافِيَّة (juḡrāfiyya) — a specialist in geography
  • Armenian: աշխարհագրագետ (ašxarhagraget) — a specialist in geography
  • Aromanian: gheográf — a specialist in geography
  • Aromanian: gheográfu — a specialist in geography
  • Aromanian: gheográfã — a specialist in geography
  • Aromanian: gheográfa — a specialist in geography
  • Asturian: xeógrafu — a specialist in geography
  • Azerbaijani: coğrafiyaşünas — a specialist in geography
  • Basque: geografo — a specialist in geography
  • Belarusian: гео́граф (hjeóhraf) — a specialist in geography
  • Bengali: ভূগোলবিদ (bhugōlbid) — a specialist in geography
  • Bulgarian: геогра́ф (geográf) — a specialist in geography
  • Bulgarian: геогра́фка (geográfka) — a specialist in geography
  • Catalan: geògraf — a specialist in geography
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地理學家 /地理学家 (dìlǐxuéjiā) — a specialist in geography
  • Czech: geograf — a specialist in geography
  • Czech: zeměpisec — a specialist in geography
  • Danish: geograf — a specialist in geography
  • Dutch: geograaf — a specialist in geography
  • Dutch: geografe — a specialist in geography
  • Dutch: aardrijkskundige — a specialist in geography
  • Esperanto: geografo — a specialist in geography
  • Esperanto: geografino — a specialist in geography
  • Estonian: geograaf — a specialist in geography
  • Finnish: maantieteilijä — a specialist in geography
  • French: géographe — a specialist in geography
  • Galician: xeógrafo — a specialist in geography
  • Galician: xeógrafa — a specialist in geography
  • Georgian: გეოგრაფი (geograpi) — a specialist in geography
  • German: Geograf — a specialist in geography
  • German: Geografin — a specialist in geography
  • German: Geograph — a specialist in geography
  • German: Geographin — a specialist in geography
  • Greek: γεωγράφος (geográfos) — a specialist in geography
  • Ancient Greek: γεωγράφος (geōgráphos) — a specialist in geography
  • Hebrew: גיאוגרף (gyeagraf) — a specialist in geography
  • Hebrew: גֵּאוֹגְרָף (geagraf) — a specialist in geography
  • Hindi: भूगोलवेत्ता (bhūgolvettā) — a specialist in geography
  • Hungarian: földrajztudós — a specialist in geography
  • Hungarian: geográfus — a specialist in geography
  • Icelandic: landfræðingur — a specialist in geography
  • Ido: geografo — a specialist in geography
  • Indonesian: ahli geografi — a specialist in geography
  • Irish: tíreolaí — a specialist in geography
  • Irish: geografaí — a specialist in geography
  • Italian: geografo — a specialist in geography
  • Italian: geografa — a specialist in geography
  • Japanese: 地理学者 (chirigakusha) — a specialist in geography
  • Kazakh: географ (geograf) — a specialist in geography
  • Khmer: ភូមិសាស្ត្រិន (phuumisaahstrən) — a specialist in geography
  • Khmer: អ្នកភូមិសាស្ត្រ (nĕək phuumisaah) — a specialist in geography
  • Korean: 지리학자 (jirihakja) — a specialist in geography
  • Kyrgyz: географ (geograf) — a specialist in geography
  • Lao: ນັກພູມີສາດ (nak phū mī sāt) — a specialist in geography
  • Latvian: ģeogrāfs — a specialist in geography
  • Latvian: ģeogrāfe — a specialist in geography
  • Lithuanian: geografas — a specialist in geography
  • Lithuanian: geografė — a specialist in geography
  • Macedonian: географ (geograf) — a specialist in geography
  • Malay: geografi — a specialist in geography
  • Māori: kaimātai matawhenua — a specialist in geography
  • Norwegian Bokmål: geograf — a specialist in geography
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: geograf — a specialist in geography
  • Occitan: geograf — a specialist in geography
  • Occitan: geografe — a specialist in geography
  • Persian: جغرافیادان (joġrâfiyâdân) — a specialist in geography
  • Polish: geograf — a specialist in geography
  • Polish: geografka — a specialist in geography
  • Portuguese: geógrafo — a specialist in geography
  • Portuguese: geógrafa — a specialist in geography
  • Romanian: geograf — a specialist in geography
  • Romanian: geografă — a specialist in geography
  • Russian: гео́граф (geógraf) — a specialist in geography
  • Serbo-Croatian: географ — a specialist in geography
  • Serbo-Croatian: geograf — a specialist in geography
  • Slovak: geograf — a specialist in geography
  • Slovene: geograf — a specialist in geography
  • Slovene: geografinja — a specialist in geography
  • Spanish: geógrafo — a specialist in geography
  • Spanish: geógrafa — a specialist in geography
  • Swahili: mwanajiografia — a specialist in geography
  • Swedish: geograf — a specialist in geography
  • Tagalog: heograpo — a specialist in geography
  • Tajik: географ (geograf) — a specialist in geography
  • Tajik: ҷуғрофидон (juġrofidon) — a specialist in geography
  • Thai: นักภูมิศาสตร์ (nák-puu-mí-sàat) — a specialist in geography
  • Turkish: coğrafyacı — a specialist in geography
  • Turkmen: geograf — a specialist in geography
  • Ukrainian: гео́граф (heóhraf) — a specialist in geography
  • Urdu: جغرافیہ دان (juġrāfiya dān) — a specialist in geography
  • Uzbek: geograf — a specialist in geography
  • Vietnamese: nhà địa lý — a specialist in geography
  • Volapük: taledavan — a specialist in geography
  • Volapük: hitaledavan — a specialist in geography
  • Volapük: jitaledavan — a specialist in geography
  • Welsh: daearyddwr — a specialist in geography
  • Yiddish: געאָגראַף (geograf) — a specialist in geography
  • Zazaki: coğrafyar — a specialist in geography
  • Zazaki: dormewan — a specialist in geography
  • Zazaki: çorşmeger — a specialist in geography
Real reading context

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