cientista
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- scientista (pre-reform spelling)
Etymology
Ultimately from English scientist, likely via French scientiste. By surface analysis, ciência + -ista.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -istɐ
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.ẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/ [sɪ.ẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /sjẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /si.ẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/ [sɪ.ẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /sjẽˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /si.ẽˈt͡ʃis.ta/ [sɪ.ẽˈt͡ʃis.ta], (faster pronunciation) /sjẽˈt͡ʃis.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sjẽˈtiʃ.tɐ/
Noun
cientista m or f by sense (plural cientistas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “cientista”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “cientista”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “cientista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “cientista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θjenˈtista/ [θjẽn̪ˈt̪is.t̪a] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /sjenˈtista/ [sjẽn̪ˈt̪is.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ista
- Syllabification: cien‧tis‧ta
Noun
cientista m or f by sense (plural cientistas)
- scientist (of certain types of science)
Derived terms
- cientista político
- cientista social
Further reading
- “cientista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024