scientist

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪəntɪst/
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• General-American: /ˈsaɪəntəst/
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Coined by English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell in March 1834 in an anonymous review of Mary Somerville's book On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences in the Quarterly Review as a suggested replacement for, and later seriously introduced by him in 1840 (see the quotation) as a more precise substitute for, the terms natural philosopher and man of science. Modeled after artist, from the Latin stem scientia (“knowledge”) + -ist.

196 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: wetenskaplike — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Albanian: dijetar — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Albanian: dijetare — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Albanian: shkencëtar — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Albanian: shkencëtare — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Amharic: ሳይንሰኛ (saynəsäña) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Arabic: عَالِم (ʕālim) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Arabic: عَالِمَة (ʕālima) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Armenian: գիտնական (gitnakan) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Assamese: বিজ্ঞানী (biggani) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Asturian: científicu — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Azerbaijani: alim — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Bashkir: ғалим (ğalim) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Basque: zientzialari — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Belarusian: вучо́ны (vučóny) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Belarusian: вучо́ная (vučónaja) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Belarusian: навуко́вец (navukóvjec) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Belarusian: навуко́ўка (navukówka) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Bengali: বিজ্ঞানী (biggêni) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Bengali: আলেম (alem) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Bulgarian: у́чен (účen) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Bulgarian: у́чена (účena) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Burmese: ပညာရှင် (pa.nyahrang) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Catalan: científic — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Catalan: científica — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Chechen: ӏилманча (ˀilmanča) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Chinese Cantonese: 科學家 /科学家 (fo1 hok6 gaa1) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Chinese: 科學家 /科学家 (kho-ha̍k-ka) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Chinese Mandarin: 科學家 /科学家 (kēxuéjiā) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Czech: vědec — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Czech: vědkyně — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Danish: videnskabsmand — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Danish: videnskabskvinde — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Dutch: wetenschapper — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Dutch: wetenschapster — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Esperanto: sciencisto — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Esperanto: scientisto — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Estonian: teadlane — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Faroese: vísindamaður — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Faroese: vísindakvinna — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Finnish: tieteilijä — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Finnish: tiedemies — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Finnish: tiedenainen — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• French: scientifique — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• French: savant — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• French: savante — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Galician: científico — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Georgian: მეცნიერი (mecnieri) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• German: Wissenschaftler — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• German: Wissenschaftlerin — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• German: Wissenschafter — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• German: Wissenschafterin — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Greek: επιστήμονας (epistímonas) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Greek: επιστημόνισσα (epistimónissa) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Gujarati: વૈજ્ઞાનિક (vaijñānik) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Gujarati: વિજ્ઞાની (vijñānī) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Hebrew: מַדְעָן (mad'án) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Hebrew: מדענית — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Hindi: वैज्ञानिक (vaijñānik) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Hindi: आलिम (ālim) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Hindi: विज्ञानी (vijñānī) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Hungarian: tudós — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Icelandic: vísindamaður — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Icelandic: vísindakona — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Ido: ciencisto — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Indonesian: ilmuwan — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Ingrian: oppimees — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Ingrian: tiitomees — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Irish: eolaí — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Italian: scienziato — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Italian: scienziata — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Italian: ricercatore — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Italian: ricercatrice — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Japanese: 科学者 (kagakusha) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Kannada: ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿ (vijñāni) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Karakalpak: ilimpaz — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Kazakh: ғалым (ğalym) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Khmer: អ្នកវិទ្យាសាស្ត្រ (nĕək vityiəsaah) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Korean: 과학자 (gwahakja) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Northern Kurdish: zanistmend — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Northern Kurdish: zanistvan — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Northern Kurdish: zanistyar — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Kyrgyz: окумуштуу (okumuştuu) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Kyrgyz: илимпоз (ilimpoz) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Kyrgyz: аалым (aalım) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Lao: ນັກວິທະຍາສາດ (nak wi tha nyā sāt) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Latgalian: zininīks — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Latgalian: zinineica — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Latvian: zinātnieks — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Latvian: zinātniece — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Lithuanian: mokslininkas — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Lithuanian: mokslininkė — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Macedonian: научник (naučnik) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Macedonian: научничка (naučnička) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Malay: saintis — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Malay: ahli sains — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Maltese: xjentist — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Māori: kaipūtaiao — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Māori: mātanga pūtaiao — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Māori: kaimātai (pūtaiao) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Marathi: शास्त्रज्ञ (śāstrajña) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Marathi: वैज्ञानिक (vaijñānik) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Mongolian: эрдэмтэн (erdemten) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Mongolian: ᠡᠷᠳᠡᠮᠲᠡᠨ (erdemten) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Navajo: naʼałkaahí — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Norwegian Bokmål: forsker — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Norwegian Bokmål: vitenskapsmann — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Norwegian Bokmål: vitenskapskvinne — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forskar — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vitskapsmann — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vitskapskvinne — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Odia: ବିଜ୍ଞାନୀ (bijñāni) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Pashto: عالم ('ālam) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Pashto: دانشمند (dānešmánd) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Pashto: عليم ('alim) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Iranian Persian: دانِشْمَنْد (dânešmand) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Iranian Persian: عالِم (âlem) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Plautdietsch: Wissenschoftla — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Polish: naukowiec — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Polish: naukowczyni — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Polish: uczony — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Polish: uczona — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Portuguese: cientista — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Punjabi: ਵਿਗਿਆਨੀ (vigiānī) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Romanian: om de știință — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Romanian: femeie de știință — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Romanian: savant — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Romanian: savantă — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Romanian: învățat — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Russian: учёный (učónyj) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Russian: учёная (učónaja) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Samogitian: muokslėninks — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Samogitian: muokslėninkė — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Sanskrit: वैज्ञानिक (vaijñānika) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Sanskrit: वैज्ञानिकी (vaijñānikī) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Scottish Gaelic: eòlaiche — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Serbo-Croatian: на̀учнӣк — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Serbo-Croatian: на̀учница — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Serbo-Croatian: зна̀нственӣк — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Serbo-Croatian: зна̀нственица — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Serbo-Croatian: nàučnīk — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Serbo-Croatian: nàučnica — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Serbo-Croatian: znànstvenīk — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Serbo-Croatian: znànstvenica — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Sicilian: scinziatu — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Sicilian: scinziata — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Slovak: vedec — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Slovak: vedkyňa — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Slovene: znanstvenik — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Slovene: znanstvenica — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Lower Sorbian: wědomnostnik — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Lower Sorbian: wědomnostnica — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Southern Altai: билимчи (bilimči) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Spanish: científico — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Spanish: científica — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Swahili: mwanasayansi — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Swedish: vetenskapsman — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Swedish: forskare — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Swedish: vetenskapskvinna — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Tagalog: dalub-agham — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Tagalog: siyentipiko — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Tajik: олим (olim) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Tajik: донишманд (donišmand) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Tamil: விஞ்ஞானி (viññāṉi) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Tatar: галим (ğälim) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Telugu: శాస్త్రవేత్త (śāstravētta) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Thai: นักวิทยาศาสตร์ (nák-wít-tá-yaa-sàat) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Tibetan: ཚན་རིག་མཁས་པ (tshan rig mkhas pa) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Turkish: âlim — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Turkish: âlime — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Turkish: bilim adamı — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Turkish: bilim insanı — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Turkish: bilim kadını — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Turkish: ilim adamı (obsolecent) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Turkish: ilim kadını (obsolecent) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Turkmen: alym — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Tuvan: эртемден (ertemden) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Ukrainian: вче́ний (včényj) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Ukrainian: уче́ний (učényj) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Ukrainian: вче́на (včéna) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Ukrainian: уче́на (učéna) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Ukrainian: науко́вець (naukóvecʹ) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Ukrainian: науко́виця (naukóvycja) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Urdu: عالِم ('ālim) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Urdu: دانِش مَنْد (dāniś mand) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Urdu: سائِنْسْدان (sāinsdān) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Uyghur: ئالىم (alim) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Uzbek: olim — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Vietnamese: nhà khoa học — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Vietnamese: khoa học gia — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Volapük: nolavan — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Welsh: gwyddonydd — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Xhosa: isazinzulu — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Yiddish: וויסנשאַפֿטלער (visnshaftler) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Yiddish: וויסנשאַפֿטלערין (visnshaftlerin) — one whose activities make use of the scientific method
• Zhuang: gohyozgyah — one whose activities make use of the scientific method