cientista

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• scientista (pre-reform spelling)

Etymology

Ultimately from English scientist, likely via French scientiste. By surface analysis, ciência +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -istɐ

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.ẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/ [sɪ.ẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /sjẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.ẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/ [sɪ.ẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /sjẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /si.ẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/ [sɪ.ẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /sjẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.ẽˈt͡ʃis.ta/ [sɪ.ẽˈt͡ʃis.ta], (faster pronunciation) /sjẽˈt͡ʃis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sjẽˈtiʃ.tɐ/

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Noun

cientista m or f by sense (plural cientistas)

1. scientist

Related terms

• cientificista

Further reading

• “cientista”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “cientista”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cientista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “cientista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θjenˈtista/ [θjẽn̪ˈt̪is.t̪a] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /sjenˈtista/ [sjẽn̪ˈt̪is.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: cien‧tis‧ta

Noun

cientista m or f by sense (plural cientistas)

1. scientist (of certain types of science)

Derived terms

• cientista político
• cientista social

Further reading

• “cientista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024