"Einstein" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈaɪnstaɪn/, /ˈaɪnʃtaɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Einstein.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Einsteins [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: Borrowed from German Einstein. * The common noun is Named after physicist Albert Einstein. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Einstein}} German Einstein, {{named-after/list|physicist||||}} physicist, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Albert Einstein}} Albert Einstein, {{catlangname|en|eponyms|sort=}}, {{named-after|en|Albert Einstein|occ=physicist|wplink=Albert Einstein}} Named after physicist Albert Einstein Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Einsteins}} Einstein (plural Einsteins)
  1. Albert Einstein, the world-famous 20th-century theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity. Categories (topical): Individuals, People Translations (Albert Einstein): أَيْنْشْتَايْن (ʔaynštāyn) [masculine] (Arabic), Այնշտայն (Aynštayn) (Armenian), Эйнштэ́йн (Ejnštéjn) [masculine] (Belarusian), আইনস্টাইন (ainsṭain) (Bengali), Айнщайн (Ajnštajn) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 愛因斯坦 (Chinese Cantonese), 爱因斯坦 (oi³ jan¹ si¹ taan²) (Chinese Cantonese), 愛因斯坦 (Chinese Mandarin), 爱因斯坦 (Àiyīnsītǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), Einstein (Danish), Einstein (Dutch), Ejnŝtejno (Esperanto), Einstein (Finnish), Einstein (French), აინშტაინი (ainšṭaini) (Georgian), Einstein (German), Αϊνστάιν (Aïnstáin) [masculine] (Greek), איינשטיין (Aynshteyn) (Hebrew), आइनस्टाइन (āinasṭāin) (Hindi), Einstein (Interlingua), Einstein (Italian), アインシュタイン (Ainshutain) (Japanese), 아인슈타인 (ainsyutain) (Korean), Ајнштајн (Ajnštajn) [masculine] (Macedonian), आइनस्टाइन (āinasṭāin) [masculine] (Marathi), hastiin Einstein (Navajo), Einstein (Norwegian Bokmål), Einstein (Norwegian Nynorsk), اینشتین (Persian), Einstein [masculine] (Polish), Einstein (Portuguese), Эйнште́йн (Ejnštɛ́jn) [masculine] (Russian), Ајнштајн (Ajnštajn) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Einstein (Spanish), ไอน์สไตน์ (aisàdtai) (Thai), Ейнште́йн (Ejnštéjn) [masculine] (Ukrainian), آئنسٹائن (Urdu), אײַנשטיין (aynshteyn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Einstein-en-name-EXdq-PNj Disambiguation of Individuals: 71 12 17 Disambiguation of People: 69 20 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, History of science Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of History of science: 100 0 0 Derived forms: Albert Einstein, Bose-Einstein condensate (alt: BEC), Bose-Einstein statistics, einstein, Einstein cross, Einstein field equation, Einsteinian, Einsteinian relativity, einsteinium, Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox (alt: E-P-R paradox, EPR paradox, EPR), Einstein radius, Einstein ring, Einstein-Rosen bridge (alt: E-R bridge, ER bridge, ER), Einstein's constant, EPR=ER, ER=EPR, Stark-Einstein law Disambiguation of 'Albert Einstein': 98 2
  2. A surname from German.
    Sense id: en-Einstein-en-name-gISmo46Y Categories (other): English surnames

Noun

IPA: /ˈaɪnstaɪn/, /ˈaɪnʃtaɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Einstein.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Einsteins [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: Borrowed from German Einstein. * The common noun is Named after physicist Albert Einstein. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Einstein}} German Einstein, {{named-after/list|physicist||||}} physicist, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Albert Einstein}} Albert Einstein, {{catlangname|en|eponyms|sort=}}, {{named-after|en|Albert Einstein|occ=physicist|wplink=Albert Einstein}} Named after physicist Albert Einstein Head templates: {{en-noun}} Einstein (plural Einsteins)
  1. (sometimes sarcastic) An extremely clever or intelligent person. Tags: sarcastic, sometimes Synonyms: know-it-all, Albert Einstein
    Sense id: en-Einstein-en-noun-9cIBxCg9

Inflected forms

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