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English

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin expertus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??ksp?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ksp??t/

Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:skillful

Antonyms

• inexpert
• nonexpert

Related terms

• expert system

Translations

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

• maven
• specialist

Hyponyms

• connoisseur

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• pretex, xerept

Catalan

Adjective

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

1. expert

Noun

expert m (plural experts, feminine experta)

1. expert

   Synonym: perit

Further reading

• “expert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ksp?rt]

Noun

expert m

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

   Synonyms: odborník, znalec

Related terms

• expertní

Further reading

• expert in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• expert in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (chiefly Netherlands) /?k?sp??r/, (chiefly Belgium) /?k?sp?rt/
• Hyphenation: ex?pert
• Rhymes: -??r, -?rt

Noun

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

1. expert

Usage notes

The word can be pronounced in a way that corresponds with the spelling (common in Belgian-Dutch) or a way that corresponds to the French pronunciation (common in Netherland-Dutch). In the literal pronunciation, the plural is experten; in the French pronunciation, it is experts.

Synonyms

• deskundige

Related terms

• expertise

Descendants

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

French

Etymology

From Latin expertus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.sp??/

Adjective

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

1. expert

Derived terms

• expertement
• expertise

Related terms

• inexpert

Noun

expert m (plural experts, feminine experte)

1. expert

Descendants

• ? Turkish: eksper

Further reading

• “expert” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

From French expert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ks?p??t]
• Hyphenation: ex?pert

Adjective

expert (not comparable)

1. expert

Declension

Further reading

• “expert” in Duden online

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English expert. Doublet of esperto and experto.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??ks.p??t??/

Noun

expert m, f (plural experts)

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

   Synonyms: especialista, perito, experto

Related terms

• expertise

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French expert, Latin expertus.

Noun

expert m (plural exper?i, feminine equivalent expert?)

1. expert (person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given field)
2. (computing) wizard (program or script used to simplify complex operations)

Declension

Synonyms

• (expert): specialist
• (wizard): asistent

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

expert c

1. expert

Declension

See also

• kännare
• sakkunnig

Related terms

• expertis

Derived terms

References

• expert in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Alternative forms

• aisy (dialectal, archaic)
• easie (obsolete)
• eazy (eye dialect)
• EZ (abbreviation, US, informal)

Etymology

From Middle English eesy, esy, partly from Middle English ese (“ease”) + -y, equivalent to ease +? -y, and partly from Old French aisié (“eased, at ease, at leisure”), past participle of aisier (“to put at ease”), from aise (“empty space, elbow room, opportunity”), of uncertain origin. See ease. Merged with Middle English ethe, eathe (“easy”), from Old English ?eþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *aut- (“empty, lonely”). Compare also Old Saxon ?þi, Old High German ?di, Old Norse auðr, all meaning "easy, vacant, empty." More at ease, eath.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i?zi/, /?i?z?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?izi/
• Rhymes: -i?zi

Adjective

easy (comparative easier or more easy, superlative easiest or most easy)

1. (now rare except in certain expressions) Comfortable; at ease.

2. Requiring little skill or effort.

3. Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.

   Rich people live in easy circumstances.

   an easy chair

4. Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.

   easy manners; an easy style
5. (informal, derogatory, of a woman) Consenting readily to sex.

6. Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.

   • He gain'd their easy hearts.
7. (finance, dated) Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight.

   The market is easy.

Synonyms

• (comfortable): relaxed, relaxing
• (not difficult): light, eath
• (consenting readily to sex): fast
• (requiring little skill or effort): soft, trivial
• See also Thesaurus:easy

Antonyms

• (comfortable, at ease): uneasy, anxious
• (requiring little skill or effort): difficult, hard, uneasy, uneath, challenging

Derived terms

Related terms

• ease

Descendants

• ? Faroese: isi
• ? Finnish: iisi

Translations

Adverb

easy (comparative easier, superlative easiest)

1. In a relaxed or casual manner.

2. In a manner without strictness or harshness.

3. Used an intensifier for large magnitudes.

4. Not difficult, not hard. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• breathe easy

Noun

easy (plural easies)

1. Something that is easy

Verb

easy (third-person singular simple present easies, present participle easying, simple past and past participle easied)

1. (rowing) Synonym of easy-oar

Anagrams

• Ayes, Saye, Seay, ayes, eyas, saye, yaes, yeas

Middle English

Adjective

easy

1. Alternative form of esy

Adverb

easy

1. Alternative form of esy