theorist

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈθɪəɹɪst/
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• General-American: /ˈθiːəɹəst/
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• General-American: /ˈθɪɹəst/
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• General-Australian: /ˈθɪəɹəst/
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• General-Australian: /ˈθiːəɹəst/
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• CMU ARPABET: TH IY1 ER0 IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *tháwā Ancient Greek θέᾱ (théā) Proto-Indo-European *wer-der. Proto-Indo-European *h3ekw-der. Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Ancient Greek ὁράω (horáō) Ancient Greek *θεᾱ-(ϝ)ορός, *θεη-(ϝ)ορός (*theā-(w)orós, *theē-(w)orós) Ancient Greek θεωρός (theōrós) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría)bor. Late Latin theōrialbor. Middle French théoriebor. English theory 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 theorist From theory + -ist.

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُنَظِّر (munaẓẓir) — someone who constructs theories
• Basque: teorialari — someone who constructs theories
• Chinese Cantonese: 理論家 /理论家 (lei5 leon6 gaa1) — someone who constructs theories
• Chinese Mandarin: 理論家 /理论家 (lǐlùnjiā) — someone who constructs theories
• Czech: teoretik — someone who constructs theories
• Czech: teoretička — someone who constructs theories
• Danish: teoretiker — someone who constructs theories
• Dutch: theoreticus — someone who constructs theories
• Finnish: teoreetikko — someone who constructs theories
• French: théoricien — someone who constructs theories
• French: théoricienne — someone who constructs theories
• German: Theoretiker — someone who constructs theories
• German: Theoretikerin — someone who constructs theories
• Ido: teoriisto — someone who constructs theories
• Indonesian: teoretikus — someone who constructs theories
• Irish: teoiricí — someone who constructs theories
• Italian: teorico — someone who constructs theories
• Kazakh: теорияшыл (teoriäşyl) — someone who constructs theories
• Korean: 이론가 (iron'ga) — someone who constructs theories
• Korean: 리론가 (riron'ga) — someone who constructs theories
• Marathi: सैद्धांतिक (saiddhāntik) — someone who constructs theories
• Marathi: उपपत्तिकार (upapattikār) — someone who constructs theories
• Norwegian Bokmål: teoretiker — someone who constructs theories
• Norwegian Nynorsk: teoretikar — someone who constructs theories
• Persian: تئوریسین (te'orisian) — someone who constructs theories
• Polish: teoretyk — someone who constructs theories
• Polish: teoretyczka — someone who constructs theories
• Portuguese: teorista — someone who constructs theories
• Portuguese: teórico — someone who constructs theories
• Romanian: teoretician — someone who constructs theories
• Romanian: teoreticiană — someone who constructs theories
• Russian: теоре́тик (teorétik) — someone who constructs theories
• Serbo-Croatian: теоретичар — someone who constructs theories
• Serbo-Croatian: теоретичарка — someone who constructs theories
• Serbo-Croatian: teoretičar — someone who constructs theories
• Serbo-Croatian: teoretičarka — someone who constructs theories
• Slovak: teoretik — someone who constructs theories
• Slovene: teoretik — someone who constructs theories
• Spanish: teórico — someone who constructs theories
• Spanish: teórica — someone who constructs theories
• Swedish: teoretiker — someone who constructs theories
• Ukrainian: теоре́тик (teorétyk) — someone who constructs theories