"physicist" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɪzɪsɪst/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-physicist.ogg [General-American] 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
    Sense id: en-physicist-en-noun-1Y2RaWrR Disambiguation of People: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: condensed matter physicist, health physicist, mathematical physicist, nuclear physicist, theoretical physicist

Inflected forms

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      "code": "pih",
      "lang": "Pitcairn-Norfolk",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "word": "fisisist"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fizyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "físico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fizician"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fiziciană"
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фѝзича̄р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fìzičār"
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fysiker"
    },
    {
      "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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