"einstein" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: einsteins [plural]
Etymology: Named in honor of Albert Einstein, who explained the photoelectric effect. Etymology templates: {{wp|einstein (unit)}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} einstein (plural einsteins)
  1. (photochemistry, dated) One mole of photons, regardless of frequency, as used to measure irradiance. Tags: dated Derived forms (one mole of photons): microeinstein Translations (one mole of photons): ajnsztajn [masculine] (Polish), einstein [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-einstein-en-noun-G1LKsE-Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 5 5 33 Disambiguation of 'one mole of photons': 97 1 1 Disambiguation of 'one mole of photons': 97 1 1
  2. (informal) A genius; a very smart person. Tags: informal Synonyms: intelligent person
    Sense id: en-einstein-en-noun-OFpC6WbQ
  3. (informal) A genius; a very smart person.
    (by extension, informal, sarcastic) An idiot; a very stupid person.
    Tags: broadly, informal, sarcastic Synonyms: intelligent person, idiot
    Sense id: en-einstein-en-noun-Xjm1IjAV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (fool): no shit, Sherlock
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'fool': 0 0 0

Noun [English]

Forms: einsteins [plural]
Etymology: From German ein Stein, "one stone", coined by scientists in recent decades, but with tongue-in-cheek tacit acknowledgment of the homonymy with einstein and Einstein; "a pun playing with the famous scientist's name and the German term "ein Stein" for "one stone". Etymology templates: {{m|de|ein}} ein, {{m|de|Stein}} Stein, {{m|en|einstein#Etymology 1}} einstein, {{m|en|Einstein#Proper noun}} Einstein, {{wp|einstein problem}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} einstein (plural einsteins)
  1. (mathematics, physics) A shape that can be repeated to cover a plane with a nonrepeating pattern. Categories (topical): Mathematics, Physics Related terms: aperiodic, monotiling, tessellation
    Sense id: en-einstein-en-noun-V18~gcf6 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 28 5 5 63 Topics: mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈajn.ʂtajn/
Rhymes: -ajnʂtajn Etymology: Named after German physicist Albert Einstein. Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|physicist||||}} physicist, {{!}} |, {{lang|pl|Albert Einstein}} Albert Einstein, {{named-after|pl|Albert Einstein|nationality=German|occupation=physicist|wplink=Albert Einstein}} Named after German physicist Albert Einstein Head templates: {{pl-noun|m-in}} einstein m inan Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-m-in}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], einstein [nominative, singular], einsteiny [nominative, plural], einsteinu [genitive, singular], einsteinów [genitive, plural], einsteinowi [dative, singular], einsteinom [dative, plural], einstein [accusative, singular], einsteiny [accusative, plural], einsteinem [instrumental, singular], einsteinami [instrumental, plural], einsteinie [locative, singular], einsteinach [locative, plural], einsteinie [singular, vocative], einsteiny [plural, vocative]
  1. (physics) Alternative spelling of ajnsztajn Tags: alt-of, alternative, inanimate, masculine Alternative form of: ajnsztajn Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-einstein-pl-noun-o8X~v3-d Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. einsteinium (element with atomic number 99) Tags: inanimate, masculine Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-einstein-pl-noun-3OJhrtm2 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 21 52 27 Categories (other): Polish entries with incorrect language header, Polish links with manual fragments, Polish links with redundant alt parameters, Polish links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Polish entries with incorrect language header: 24 53 23 Disambiguation of Polish links with manual fragments: 31 45 24 Disambiguation of Polish links with redundant alt parameters: 27 49 25 Disambiguation of Polish links with redundant wikilinks: 23 51 26

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈajn.ʂtajn/
Rhymes: -ajnʂtajn Etymology: Named after German physicist Albert Einstein. Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|physicist||||}} physicist, {{!}} |, {{lang|pl|Albert Einstein}} Albert Einstein, {{named-after|pl|Albert Einstein|nationality=German|occupation=physicist|wplink=Albert Einstein}} Named after German physicist Albert Einstein Head templates: {{pl-noun|m-pr}} einstein m pers Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-m-pr}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], einstein [nominative, singular], einsteini [nominative, plural], einsteiny [derogatory, nominative, plural], einsteina [genitive, singular], einsteinów [genitive, plural], einsteinowi [dative, singular], einsteinom [dative, plural], einsteina [accusative, singular], einsteinów [accusative, plural], einsteinem [instrumental, singular], einsteinami [instrumental, plural], einsteinie [locative, singular], einsteinach [locative, plural], einsteinie [singular, vocative], einsteini [plural, vocative]
  1. (colloquial, sometimes sarcastic) Einstein, einstein (extremely clever or intelligent person) Tags: colloquial, masculine, person, sarcastic, sometimes Categories (topical): People Related terms: ajnsztajn, Einstein
    Sense id: en-einstein-pl-noun-dbtmhxQf Disambiguation of People: 25 1 74

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.