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paleontologist

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who studies paleontology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a specialist in paleontology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: palaeontologist, fossilist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scientist

Narrower terms: Gould, Stephen Jay Gould, Leakey, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey, Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas Leakey, Richard Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakey, Owen, Sir Richard Owen, Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English paleontology 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 paleontologist From paleontology + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: paleontoloog — one who studies paleontology
  • Armenian: հնէաբան (hnēaban) — one who studies paleontology
  • Asturian: paleontólogu — one who studies paleontology
  • Bulgarian: палеонтолог (paleontolog) — one who studies paleontology
  • Catalan: paleontòleg — one who studies paleontology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 古生物學家 /古生物学家 (gǔshēngwùxuéjiā) — one who studies paleontology
  • Czech: paleontolog — one who studies paleontology
  • Dutch: paleontoloog — one who studies paleontology
  • Dutch: paleontologe — one who studies paleontology
  • Esperanto: paleontologo — one who studies paleontology
  • Finnish: paleontologi — one who studies paleontology
  • French: paléontologiste — one who studies paleontology
  • French: paléontologue — one who studies paleontology
  • Galician: paleontólogo — one who studies paleontology
  • Georgian: პალეონტოლოგი (ṗaleonṭologi) — one who studies paleontology
  • German: Paläontologe — one who studies paleontology
  • German: Paläontologin — one who studies paleontology
  • Hindi: जीवाश्मविज्ञानी (jīvāśmavijñānī) — one who studies paleontology
  • Hungarian: paleontológus — one who studies paleontology
  • Hungarian: őslénykutató — one who studies paleontology
  • Icelandic: steingervingafræðingur — one who studies paleontology
  • Italian: paleontologo — one who studies paleontology
  • Italian: paleontologa — one who studies paleontology
  • Latvian: paleontologs — one who studies paleontology
  • Latvian: paleontoloģe — one who studies paleontology
  • Māori: tohunga mātātoka — one who studies paleontology
  • Occitan: paleontològ — one who studies paleontology
  • Polish: paleontolog — one who studies paleontology
  • Portuguese: paleontologista — one who studies paleontology
  • Portuguese: paleontólogo — one who studies paleontology
  • Portuguese: paleontóloga — one who studies paleontology
  • Romanian: paleontolog — one who studies paleontology
  • Russian: палеонто́лог (paleontólog) — one who studies paleontology
  • Serbo-Croatian: палеонто̀лог — one who studies paleontology
  • Serbo-Croatian: paleontòlog — one who studies paleontology
  • Spanish: paleontólogo — one who studies paleontology
  • Spanish: paleontóloga — one who studies paleontology
  • Swahili: mwanapaleontolojia — one who studies paleontology
  • Swedish: paleontolog — one who studies paleontology
  • Turkish: paleontolojist — one who studies paleontology
  • Ukrainian: палеонтолог (paleontoloh) — one who studies paleontology
  • Ukrainian: палеонтологиня (paleontolohynja) — one who studies paleontology
  • Volapük: fösilavan — one who studies paleontology
  • Volapük: hifösilavan — one who studies paleontology
  • Volapük: jifösilavan — one who studies paleontology
  • Yiddish: פּאַלעאָנטאָלאָג (paleontolog) — one who studies paleontology
  • Yiddish: פּאַלעאָנטאָלאָגין (paleontologin) — one who studies paleontology
Real reading context

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