specialist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French spécialiste, equivalent to special +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛʃəlɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

specialist (comparative more specialist, superlative most specialist)

1. (British) Specialised, involving detailed knowledge of a restricted topic.
   • 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: Special Award: Signal Box Restoration”, in RAIL, number 946, page 57:

     This was a highly specialist job, and it has been very carefully carried out so that it is very hard to see that these windows are now modern replacements.

Noun

specialist (plural specialists)

1. Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.

   Synonyms: aficionado, enthusiast, connoisseur

2. (sports) A player on a team who primarily employs one particular skill or takes one particular role.

   Antonym: all-rounder

3. (medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.

   Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:physician

   • 1964 September 24, “ROBERT L. HUTTON, DIAGNOSTICIAN, 83; Internist Dies —Had Been on Lincoln Hospital Staff”, in The New York Times‎:

     Dr. Robert Leroy Hutton, a retired specialist in internal medicine and a well‐known diagnostician, died yesterday here.

   • 2017 June 3, Jamie Koufman, “The Specialists’ Stranglehold on Medicine”, in The New York Times‎:

     Most Americans mistakenly believe that they must see specialists for almost every medical problem.

4. (US, military) Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
5. An organism that is specialized for a particular environment.

   The tree Lepidothamnus laxifolius is a high alpine specialist found in high-altitude bog communities and in scrub.

6. A stenotopic species.
7. A sixth-former at Eton College.

Antonyms

• generalist
• eurytopic

Derived terms

• infectious disease specialist
• left-handed specialist
• non-specialist, nonspecialist
• specialistic

Related terms

• specialize
• subspecialty
• subspecialist

Translations

expert

Albanian: specialist (sq) m, specialiste (sq) f Arabic: مُتَخَصِّص (mutaḵaṣṣiṣ), مُتَخَصِّصَة f (mutaḵaṣṣiṣa), خَبِير m (ḵabīr), خَبِيرَة f (ḵabīra) Armenian: մասնագետ (hy) (masnaget) Asturian: especialista m or f Azerbaijani: mütəxəssis Bashkir: белгес (belges) Belarusian: спецыялі́ст (be) m (spjecyjalíst), спецыялі́стка f (spjecyjalístka), спэцыялі́ст m (specyjalíst), спэцыялі́стка f (specyjalístka) Bengali: বিশেষজ্ঞ (bn) (biśeśojno) Bulgarian: специали́ст (bg) m (specialíst), специали́стка f (specialístka) Burmese: ပါရဂူ (my) (para.gu), ကျွမ်းကျင်သူ (kywam:kyangsu) Catalan: especialista (ca) m or f Cherokee: ᎤᏤᎵᏛᎭ (utselidvha) Chinese: Mandarin: 專家 / 专家 (zh) (zhuānjiā), 專門家 / 专门家 (zh) (zhuānménjiā) Czech: specialista (cs) m, specialistka f Danish: specialist c Dutch: specialist (nl) m, specialiste (nl) f Esperanto: specialisto Estonian: spetsialist, asjatundja Finnish: erikoisasiantuntija (fi), spesialisti (fi) French: spécialiste (fr) m or f Galician: especialista (gl) m or f Georgian: სპეციალისტი (sṗecialisṭi) German: Spezialist (de) m, Spezialistin (de) f, Fachmann (de) m, Fachfrau (de) f, Experte (de) m, Expertin (de) f Greek: ειδικός (el) m (eidikós), ειδική (el) f (eidikí), εμπειρογνώμονας (el) m (empeirognómonas) Hebrew: מומחה \ מֻמְחֶה (he) m (mumkhé) Hindi: विशेषज्ञ (hi) m (viśeṣajña) Hungarian: szakember (hu) Indonesian: spesialis (id), eksper (id) Irish: speisialtóir m Italian: specialista (it) m or f Japanese: 専門家 (ja) (せんもんか, senmonka), 熟練者 (ja) (じゅくれんしゃ, jukurensha) Kazakh: маман (maman), сарапшы (kk) (sarapşy) Khmer: អ្នកឯកទេស (nĕək ʼaekteih) Korean: 전문가(專門家) (ko) (jeonmun'ga), 숙련자(熟鍊者) (sungnyeonja) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: pispor (ku) Kyrgyz: специалист (ky) (spetsialist), адис (ky) (adis), билгич (ky) (bilgic) Lao: ຜູ້ຊ່ຽວຊານ (phū siāu sān) Latvian: speciālists m, speciāliste f Lithuanian: specialistas m, specialistė f Macedonian: специјали́ст m (specijalíst), специјали́стка f (specijalístka) Malay: pakar (ms) Maori: mātanga, pūkenga, kaimātai Mongolian: Cyrillic: мэргэжилтэн (mn) (mergežilten) Norman: spécialiste m or f Norwegian: Bokmål: spesialist (no) m Occitan: especialista (oc) m or f Pashto: ماهر m (māher), متخصص m (motaxases) Persian: Iranian Persian: مُتَخَصِّص (fa) (motaxasses) Polish: specjalista (pl) m, specjalistka (pl) f Portuguese: especialista (pt) m or f, expert (pt) m or f Punjabi: Kurmanji: ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ੱਗ m (viśeśagga) Quechua: kamayuq Romanian: specialist (ro) m, specialistă (ro) f Russian: специали́ст (ru) m (specialíst), специали́стка (ru) f (specialístka), экспе́рт (ru) m (ekspért) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: специјалиста m, специја̀лист m, специја̀листкиња f Roman: specijalista m, specijàlist (sh) m, specijàlistkinja (sh) f Slovak: špecialista m, špecialistka f Slovene: specialist m, specialistka f, strokovnjak m, strokovnjakinja f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: specialist m, specialistka f Spanish: especialista (es) m or f Swedish: specialist (sv) c Tagalog: dalubtangi, espesyalista (tl) Tajik: мутахассис (tg) (mutaxassis) Tatar: белгеч (tt) (belgeç) Thai: ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ (th) (pûu-chîao-chaan) Turkish: mütehassıs (tr), uzman (tr) Turkmen: hünärmen, spesialist Udmurt: ӧнерчи (öńerći), ӧнермурт (öńermurt), специалист (speciaľist) Ukrainian: фахіве́ць (uk) m (faxivécʹ), спеціалі́ст (uk) m (specialíst), спеціалі́стка (uk) f (specialístka) Urdu: ماہِر m (māhir), مُتَخَصِّص m (mutaxassis) Uyghur: مۇتەخەسسىس (mutexessis) Uzbek: mutaxassis (uz) Vietnamese: nhà chuyên môn (vi) Welsh: arbenigwr (cy) Yiddish: ספּעציאַליסט m (spetsyalist)

physician

Bulgarian: специали́ст (bg) m (specialíst) Catalan: especialista (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 專科醫生 / 专科医生 (zhuānkē yīshēng) Czech: specialista (cs) m Dutch: specialist (nl) m or f Finnish: erikoislääkäri (fi) German: Facharzt (de) m Hungarian: szakorvos (hu) Indonesian: dokter spesialis (id), spesialis (id) Japanese: 専門医 (せんもんい, senmon'i) Malay: pakar perubatan Norwegian: Bokmål: spesialist (no) m Polish: specjalista (pl) m Portuguese: especialista (pt) m or f Spanish: especialista (es) m or f Swedish: specialist (sv) c

army rank

Bulgarian: специалист (bg) (specialist) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: spesialisti (fi)

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Telugu: (please verify) నిపుణుడు (te) (nipuṇuḍu) Turkish: (please verify) uzman (tr)

Further reading

• specialist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “specialist”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• plasticise

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French spécialiste. Equivalent to speciaal +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˌspeː.ʃaːˈlɪst/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: spe‧ci‧a‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

specialist m (plural specialisten, diminutive specialistje n, feminine specialiste)

1. specialist

Derived terms

• medisch specialist
• specialistisch
• verpleegkundig specialist

Related terms

• specialisatie
• specialiseren
• specialisme

Descendants

• → Indonesian: spesialis

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French spécialiste.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

specialist m (plural specialiști, feminine equivalent specialistă)

1. specialist

   Synonym: expert

Declension

Declension of specialist

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	specialist	specialistul		specialiști	specialiștii
genitive-dative	specialist	specialistului		specialiști	specialiștilor
vocative	specialistule			specialiștilor

Swedish

Etymology

special +‎ -ist

Noun

specialist c

1. a specialist

   Antonym: generalist

Declension

Declension of specialist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	specialist	specialists
	definite	specialisten	specialistens
plural	indefinite	specialister	specialisters
	definite	specialisterna	specialisternas

Related terms

• specialistkunskap
• specialistsjuksköterska

See also

• expert

References

• specialist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• specialist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• specialist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)