physicist

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɪzɪsɪst/
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• CMU ARPABET: F IH1 Z IH0 S IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From physics + -ist. Coined by the English polymath William Whewell (1794–1866) in his book The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences (1840): see the quotation.

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: fisikus — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Albanian: fizikan — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Arabic: فِيزِيَائِيّ (fīziyāʔiyy) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Arabic: فِيزِيَائِيَّة (fīziyāʔiyya) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Armenian: ֆիզիկոս (fizikos) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Asturian: físicu — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Asturian: física — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Azerbaijani: fizik — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Basque: fisikari — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Belarusian: фі́зік (fízik) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Belarusian: фі́зык (fízyk) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Bulgarian: физи́к (fizík) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Bulgarian: физи́чка (fizíčka) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Catalan: físic — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Catalan: física — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Chinese Mandarin: 物理學家 /物理学家 (wùlǐxuéjiā) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Czech: fyzik — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Danish: fysiker — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Dutch: natuurkundige — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Dutch: fysicus — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Esperanto: fizikisto — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Estonian: füüsik — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Faroese: alisfrøðingur — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Finnish: fyysikko — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• French: physicien m physicienne — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Galician: físico — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Galician: física — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Georgian: ფიზიკოსი (piziḳosi) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• German: Physiker — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• German: Physikerin — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Greek: φυσικός (fysikós) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Hebrew: פִיזִיקַאי (fizikái) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Hindi: भौतिक विज्ञानी (bhautik vijñānī) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Hindi: भौतिकविद् (bhautikvid) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Hindi: भौतिक शास्त्री (bhautik śāstrī) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Hungarian: fizikus — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Icelandic: eðlisfræðingur — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Irish: fisiceoir — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Irish: fisicí — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Italian: fisico — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Italian: fisica — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Japanese: 物理学者 (butsurigakusha) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Kazakh: физик (fizik) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Korean: 물리학자 (mullihakja) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Northern Kurdish: fizîknas — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Kyrgyz: физик (fizik) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Lao: ນັກຟີຊິກ (nak fī sik) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Latvian: fiziķis — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Latvian: fiziķe — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Lithuanian: fizikas — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Lithuanian: fizikė — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Macedonian: физичар (fizičar) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Malay: ahli fizik — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Mongolian: физикч (fizikč) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Norwegian Bokmål: fysiker — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fysikar — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Occitan: fisician — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Persian: فیزیکدان (fizik-dân) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Persian: فیزیکدان (fizikdân) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: fisisist — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Polish: fizyk — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Portuguese: físico — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Portuguese: física — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Romanian: fizician — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Romanian: fiziciană — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Russian: фи́зик (fízik) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Serbo-Croatian: фѝзича̄р — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Serbo-Croatian: fìzičār — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Slovak: fyzik — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Slovene: fizik — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Spanish: físico — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Spanish: física — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Swahili: mwanafizikia — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Swedish: fysiker — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Tagalog: liknayanon — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Tajik: физик (fizik) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Tajik: физикдон (fizikdon) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Thai: นักฟิสิกส์ (nák-fí-sìk) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Turkish: fizikçi — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Turkmen: fizik — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Ukrainian: фі́зик (fízyk) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Uzbek: fizik — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Vietnamese: nhà vật lí — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Yakut: фи́зик (fízik) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Yiddish: פֿיזיקער (fiziker) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics
• Yiddish: פֿיזיקערין (fizikerin) — person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics