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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɪzɪsɪst/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-physicist.ogg Forms: physicists [plural]
Etymology: From physics + -ist. Coined by the English polymath William Whewell (1794–1866) in his book The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences (1840): see the quotation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|physics|ist}} physics + -ist, {{coinage|en|William Whewell|nat=the English|occ=polymath}} Coined by the English polymath William Whewell Head templates: {{en-noun}} physicist (plural physicists)
  1. A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level. Categories (topical): Occupations, People, Physics, Scientists, Stock characters Translations (person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics): fisikus (Afrikaans), fizikan [masculine] (Albanian), فِيزِيَائِيّ (fīziyāʔiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), فِيزِيَائِيَّة (fīziyāʔiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ֆիզիկոս (fizikos) (Armenian), fizik (Azerbaijani), fisikari (Basque), фі́зік (fízik) [masculine] (Belarusian), фі́зык (fízyk) [masculine] (Belarusian), физи́к (fizík) [masculine] (Bulgarian), физи́чка (fizíčka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), físic [masculine] (Catalan), 物理學家 (Chinese Mandarin), 物理学家 (wùlǐxuéjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), fyzik [masculine] (Czech), fysiker [common-gender] (Danish), natuurkundige [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), fysicus [masculine] (Dutch), fizikisto (Esperanto), füüsik (Estonian), alisfrøðingur [masculine] (Faroese), fyysikko (Finnish), physicien m physicienne [feminine] (French), físico (Galician), ფიზიკოსი (piziḳosi) (Georgian), Physiker [masculine] (German), Physikerin [feminine] (German), φυσικός (fysikós) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), פִיזִיקַאי (fizikái) [masculine] (Hebrew), भौतिकविज्ञानी (bhautikvijñānī) [masculine] (Hindi), fizikus (Hungarian), eðlisfræðingur [masculine] (Icelandic), fisiceoir [masculine] (Irish), fisicí [masculine] (Irish), fisico [masculine] (Italian), 物理学者 (butsurigakusha) (alt: ぶつりがくしゃ) (Japanese), физик (fizik) (Kazakh), 물리학자 (mullihakja) (Korean), физик (fizik) (Kyrgyz), ນັກຟີຊິກ (nak fī sik) (Lao), fiziķis [masculine] (Latvian), fiziķe [feminine] (Latvian), fizikas [masculine] (Lithuanian), fizikė [feminine] (Lithuanian), физичар (fizičar) [masculine] (Macedonian), ahli fizik (Malay), физикч (fizikč) (Mongolian), fizîknas (Northern Kurdish), fysiker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fysikar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fisician [masculine] (Occitan), فیزیکدان (fizik-dân) (Persian), فیزیکدان (fizikdân) (Persian), fisisist (Pitcairn-Norfolk), fizyk [feminine, masculine] (Polish), físico [masculine] (Portuguese), fizician [masculine] (Romanian), fiziciană [feminine] (Romanian), фи́зик (fízik) [masculine] (Russian), фѝзича̄р [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fìzičār [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fyzik [masculine] (Slovak), fizik [masculine] (Slovene), físico (Spanish), mwanafizikia (Swahili), fysiker [common-gender] (Swedish), liknayanon (Tagalog), физик (fizik) (Tajik), физикдон (fizikdon) (Tajik), นักฟิสิกส์ (nák-fí-sìk) (Thai), fizikçi (Turkish), fizik (Turkmen), фі́зик (fízyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), fizik (Uzbek), nhà vật lí (Vietnamese), фи́зик (fízik) (Yakut), פֿיזיקער (fiziker) [masculine] (Yiddish), פֿיזיקערין (fizikerin) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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  2. (archaic) A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles (opposed to vitalist). Tags: archaic Categories (topical): People
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Derived forms: condensed matter physicist, health physicist, mathematical physicist, nuclear physicist, theoretical physicist

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      "word": "condensed matter physicist"
    },
    {
      "word": "health physicist"
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      "word": "nuclear physicist"
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          "text": "Thus we may say, that while the Naturalist employs principally the ideas of resemblance and life, the Physicist proceeds upon the ideas of force, matter, and the properties of matter.",
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "fisikus"
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
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      "word": "fizikan"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "fīziyāʔiyy",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "فِيزِيَائِيّ"
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      "roman": "fīziyāʔiyya",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "فِيزِيَائِيَّة"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "fizikos",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "ֆիզիկոս"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "fizik"
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "fisikari"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "fízik",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "фі́зік"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "фі́зык"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "физи́к"
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      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "физи́чка"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "físic"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "物理學家"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wùlǐxuéjiā",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "物理学家"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fyzik"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fysiker"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "natuurkundige"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fysicus"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "fizikisto"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "füüsik"
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      "code": "fo",
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      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "alisfrøðingur"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "fyysikko"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "physicien m physicienne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "físico"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "piziḳosi",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "ფიზიკოსი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Physiker"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Physikerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fysikós",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "φυσικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "fizikái",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "פִיזִיקַאי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bhautikvijñānī",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "भौतिकविज्ञानी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "fizikus"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "eðlisfræðingur"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fisiceoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fisicí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fisico"
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    {
      "alt": "ぶつりがくしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "butsurigakusha",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "物理学者"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "fizik",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "физик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mullihakja",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "물리학자"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "fizîknas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "fizik",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "физик"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "nak fī sik",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "ນັກຟີຊິກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiziķis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fiziķe"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "fizikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "fizikė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "fizičar",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "физичар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "ahli fizik"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "fizikč",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "физикч"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fysiker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "fysikar"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "fisician"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "fizik-dân",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "فیزیکدان"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "fizikdân",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "فیزیکدان"
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      "code": "pih",
      "lang": "Pitcairn-Norfolk",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "fisisist"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "fizyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "físico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "fizician"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fiziciană"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fízik",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фи́зик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "фѝзича̄р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
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      "word": "fìzičār"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fyzik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fizik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "físico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "mwanafizikia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fysiker"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "liknayanon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "fizik",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "физик"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "fizikdon",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "физикдон"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nák-fí-sìk",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "นักฟิสิกส์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "fizikçi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "fizik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "fízyk",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фі́зик"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "fizik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "nhà vật lí"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "fízik",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "фи́зик"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fiziker",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פֿיזיקער"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fizikerin",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פֿיזיקערין"
    }
  ],
  "word": "physicist"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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.