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scientific

adj · 5 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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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪf.ɪk/
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  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪfɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: S AY2 AH0 N T IH1 F IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Related or connected to science

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Related or connected to science:

Derived from or consistent with the scientific method.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Related or connected to science:

In accord with the procedures, methods, conduct and accepted conventions of modern science.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

adjective

Meaning 4

conforming with the principles or methods used in science

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a scientific approach

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unscientific

5

adjective

Meaning 5

of or relating to the practice of science

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • scientific journals

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin scientia Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Medieval Latin scientificusder. Middle French scientifiquebor. English scientific Borrowed from Middle French scientifique, from Medieval Latin scientificus (“pertaining to science”).

Across languages

Translations

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: shkencor — of or having to do with science
  • Arabic: عِلْمِيّ (ʕilmiyy) — of or having to do with science
  • Armenian: գիտական (gitakan) — of or having to do with science
  • Asturian: científicu — of or having to do with science
  • Avar: гӏелмийаб (ʻelmijab) — of or having to do with science
  • Azerbaijani: elmi — of or having to do with science
  • Basque: zientifiko — of or having to do with science
  • Belarusian: навуко́вы (navukóvy) — of or having to do with science
  • Bengali: বৈজ্ঞানিক (bōiggênik) — of or having to do with science
  • Bulgarian: нау́чен (naúčen) — of or having to do with science
  • Catalan: científic — of or having to do with science
  • Chinese Mandarin: 科學的 /科学的 (kēxué de) — of or having to do with science
  • Crimean Tatar: ilmiy — of or having to do with science
  • Czech: vědecký — of or having to do with science
  • Danish: videnskabelig — of or having to do with science
  • Dutch: wetenschappelijk — of or having to do with science
  • Esperanto: scienca — of or having to do with science
  • Estonian: teaduslik — of or having to do with science
  • Finnish: tieteellinen — of or having to do with science
  • French: scientifique — of or having to do with science
  • West-Frisian: wittenskiplik — of or having to do with science
  • Galician: científico — of or having to do with science
  • Georgian: სამეცნიერო (samecniero) — of or having to do with science
  • Georgian: მეცნიერული (mecnieruli) — of or having to do with science
  • German: wissenschaftlich — of or having to do with science
  • Greek: επιστημονικός (epistimonikós) — of or having to do with science
  • Haitian Creole: syantifik — of or having to do with science
  • Hebrew: מַדָּעִי (mada'í) — of or having to do with science
  • Hindi: वैज्ञानिक (vaijñānik) — of or having to do with science
  • Hindi: इल्मी (ilmī) — of or having to do with science
  • Hungarian: tudományos — of or having to do with science
  • Ido: ciencala — of or having to do with science
  • Indonesian: ilmiah — of or having to do with science
  • Italian: scientifico — of or having to do with science
  • Japanese: 科学的 (kagakuteki) — of or having to do with science
  • Kazakh: ғылымдық (ğylymdyq) — of or having to do with science
  • Kazakh: ғылыми (ğylymi) — of or having to do with science
  • Korean: 과학적 (gwahakjeok) — of or having to do with science
  • Northern Kurdish: ilmî — of or having to do with science
  • Northern Kurdish: zanistî — of or having to do with science
  • Kyrgyz: илимий (ilimiy) — of or having to do with science
  • Ladino: sientifiko — of or having to do with science
  • Lao: ວິທະຍາສາດ (wi tha nyā sāt) — of or having to do with science
  • Latvian: zinātnisks — of or having to do with science
  • Lithuanian: mokslinis — of or having to do with science
  • Low German: wetenschaplik — of or having to do with science
  • Luxembourgish: wëssenschaftlech — of or having to do with science
  • Macedonian: научен (naučen) — of or having to do with science
  • Malay: saintifik — of or having to do with science
  • Maltese: xjentifiku — of or having to do with science
  • Manx: oaylleeagh — of or having to do with science
  • Manx: skeeandagh — of or having to do with science
  • Mongolian: шинжлэх ухааны (šinžlex uxaany) — of or having to do with science
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vitenskapelig — of or having to do with science
  • Pashto: علمي ('elmí) — of or having to do with science
  • Dari: عِلْمِی (ilmī) — of or having to do with science
  • Iranian Persian: عِلْمی (elmi) — of or having to do with science
  • Polish: naukowy — of or having to do with science
  • Portuguese: científico — of or having to do with science
  • Romanian: științific — of or having to do with science
  • Russian: нау́чный (naúčnyj) — of or having to do with science
  • Scots: scienteefic — of or having to do with science
  • Serbo-Croatian: на́учан — of or having to do with science
  • Serbo-Croatian: зна̀нствен — of or having to do with science
  • Serbo-Croatian: náučan — of or having to do with science
  • Serbo-Croatian: znànstven — of or having to do with science
  • Sicilian: scintìficu — of or having to do with science
  • Slovak: vedecký — of or having to do with science
  • Slovene: znánstven — of or having to do with science
  • Lower Sorbian: wědomnostny — of or having to do with science
  • Spanish: científico — of or having to do with science
  • Swedish: vetenskaplig — of or having to do with science
  • Tagalog: siyentipiko — of or having to do with science
  • Tajik: илмӣ (ilmi) — of or having to do with science
  • Thai: วิทยาศาสตร์ (wít-tá-yaa-sàat) — of or having to do with science
  • Turkish: bilimsel — of or having to do with science
  • Turkmen: ylmy — of or having to do with science
  • Ukrainian: науко́вий (naukóvyj) — of or having to do with science
  • Urdu: عِلْمی ('ilmī) — of or having to do with science
  • Urdu: سائِنْسی (sāinsī) — of or having to do with science
  • Uyghur: ئىلمىي (ilmiy) — of or having to do with science
  • Uzbek: ilmiy — of or having to do with science
  • Vietnamese: khoa học — of or having to do with science
  • Volapük: nolavik — of or having to do with science
  • Yiddish: וויסנשאַפֿטלעך (visnshaftlekh) — of or having to do with science
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