expert

From Old French, from Latin expertus, from ex (“out”) + peritus (“experienced, expert”), perfect active participle of the unattested verb *perior (“I go through”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *per-.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.spɜːt/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.spɝt/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈek.spɜːt/

expert (comparative more expert, superlative most expert)

1. Extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable.

   I am expert at making a simple situation complex.

   My cousin is an expert pianist.

2. Characteristic of an expert.

   This problem requires expert knowledge.

3. (obsolete) Proven, experienced, veteran.

• See also Thesaurus:skillful

• inexpert
• nonexpert

expert (plural experts)

1. A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.

   If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert. - David Ben-Gurion

   We called in several experts on the subject, but they couldn't reach an agreement.

   • 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

     Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.

   • 2016, Neil Cicierega, “Touch-Tone Telephone”, in Spirit Phone, performed by Lemon Demon:

     I'm an expert in my field
     Ufology, yes, it's all real
     Ancient aliens, it's all true
     I'm an expert just like you

2. (chess) A player ranking just below master.

• maven
• specialist

• connoisseur

• initiate (anyone initiated, anywhere from basic familiarity to expertise)

• "expert" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 129.

• pretex, xerept

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əksˈpɛrt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eksˈpɛɾt]

expert (feminine experta, masculine plural experts, feminine plural expertes)

1. expert

expert m (plural experts, feminine experta, feminine plural expertes)

1. expert

   Synonym: perit

• “expert”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛkspɛrt]

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expert m anim (female equivalent expertka)

1. expert (person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject)

   Synonyms: odborník, znalec

• “expert”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “expert”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From Middle Dutch expert, from Middle French expert, from Old French expert, from Latin expertus.

• IPA^(key): (chiefly Netherlands) /ɛkˈspɛːr/, (chiefly Belgium) /ɛkˈspɛrt/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧pert
• Rhymes: -ɛːr, -ɛrt

expert m (plural experts or experten, diminutive expertje n)

1. expert

When expert is pronounced with a silent t (common in Netherlandic Dutch), the plural is experts. When the t is pronounced (common in Belgian Dutch), the plural is experten.

• deskundige

• expertise

• Afrikaans: ekspert
• → Indonesian: eksper
• → West Frisian: ekspert

From Latin expertus.

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spɛʁ/

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expert (feminine experte, masculine plural experts, feminine plural expertes)

1. expert

   Il est expert en matière de finances ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Il est expert dans les sciences humaines et sociales. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• expertement
• expertise

• inexpert

expert m (plural experts, feminine experte)

1. expert

• → Turkish: eksper

• “expert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French expert.

• IPA^(key): [ɛksˈpɛʁt]
• Hyphenation: ex‧pert

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expert (strong nominative masculine singular experter, not comparable)

1. expert

• “expert” in Duden online
• “expert” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Unadapted borrowing from English expert. Doublet of esperto and experto.

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expert m or f by sense (plural experts)

1. expert (person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given field)

   Synonyms: especialista, perito, experto

• expertise

Borrowed from French expert, from Latin expertus.

expert m (plural experți, feminine equivalent expertă)

1. expert (person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given field)

   Synonym: specialist

2. (computing) wizard (program or script used to simplify complex operations)

   Synonym: asistent

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expert c

1. expert

• expertis

• kännare
• sakkunnig

• expert in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)