expert

See also: expèrt

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English expert, derived from Old French expert (“experienced”), espert, from Latin expertus (contracted from *experitus), perfect active participle of experior (“to try”), from ex- +‎ *-perior.

Pronunciation

• enPR: (n. and adj.) ĕk′spûrt, (adj.) ĭk-spûrt′
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): (n. and adj.) /ˈɛk.spɜːt/, (adj.) /ɪkˈspɜːt/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): (n. and adj.) /ˈɛk.spɜɹt/, (adj.) /ɪkˈspɜɹt/

  Audio (California):

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): (n. and adj.) /ˈek.spɜːt/, (adj.) /ɪkˈspɜːt/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): (n. and adj.) /ˈek.spøːt/, (adj.) /əkˈspøːt/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): (n. and adj.) /ˈɛk.spɛɹt/, (adj.) /ɪkˈspɛɹt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛkspɜː(ɹ)t, -ɜː(ɹ)t
• Hyphenation: ex‧pert

Adjective

expert (comparative more expert, superlative most expert)

1. Extraordinary 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.

Synonyms

• proficient; see also Thesaurus:skillful

Antonyms

• inexpert
• nonexpert

Derived terms

• cyberexpert
• expertism
• expertize
• expertly
• expertness
• expertocracy
• expertocrat
• expertship
• expert system
• expert witness
• non-expert
• sexpert
• subexpert
• subject-matter expert
• time and motion expert
• unexpert

Translations

extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable — see also knowledgeable

• Arabic: خَبِير (ḵabīr), مَاهِر (māhir)
• Assamese: পাকৈত (pakoit)
• Bengali: দক্ষ (bn) (dokkho)
• Bulgarian: вещ (bg) (vešt)
• Catalan: expert (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: zkušený (cs) m
• Esperanto: sperta sg, spertaj pl
• Finnish: taitava (fi)
• French: expert
• Galician: experto (gl) m
• German: fachmännisch (de)
• Greek: έμπειρος (el) m (émpeiros), επιτήδειος (el) m (epitídeios)
• Hindi: दक्ष (hi) (dakṣ), कुशल (hi) (kuśal), निपुण (hi) (nipuṇ), पारंगत (hi) (pāraṅgat)
• Indonesian: ahli (id)
• Italian: esperto (it), abile (it), provato (it)
• Japanese: 専門的 (ja) (せんもんてき, senmonteki)
• Khmer: ជំនាញ (km) (cumniəñ)
• Korean: 전문적(專門的) (ko) (jeonmunjeok)
• Latin: perītus, callidus
• Malayalam: വിദഗ്ധന് m (vidagdhaṉ)
• Manx: aghtal
• Māori: mākohakoha
• Old English: andwīs
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: ماهِر (mâher)

• Portuguese: especialista (pt), perito (pt) m, expert (pt) m or f
• Romanian: expert (ro), de expert
• Russian: экспе́ртный (ru) (ekspértnyj)
• Sanskrit: ऋभु (sa) (ṛbhu)
• Scottish Gaelic: ealanta, teòma
• Spanish: experto (es)
• Swedish: expert (sv) c
• Tagalog: dalubhasa, eksperto
• Telugu: నిపుణుడు (te) (nipuṇuḍu), నిపుణురాలు (nipuṇurālu)
• Turkish: usta (tr), işinin eri

characteristic of an expert

• Bulgarian: експе́ртен (ekspérten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: odborný (cs) m
• Finnish: asiantunteva
• Greek: ειδικός (el) m (eidikós)
• Hungarian: szakavatott (hu)
• Italian: specialistico (it)
• Japanese: 専門的 (ja) (せんもんてき, senmonteki)
• Korean: 전문적(專門的) (ko) (jeonmunjeok)
• Scottish Gaelic: ealanta, teòma
• Spanish: pericial (es)
• Swedish: expert- (sv) c
• Turkish: ustaca (tr), usta (tr)

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

   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, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     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.

Synonyms

• maven
• specialist
• demon (informal)

Hyponyms

• connoisseur

Coordinate terms

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

Translations

person with extensive knowledge or ability — see also pundit

• Albanian: ekspert (sq) m
• Amharic: ዓዋቂ (ʿawaḳi)
• Arabic: مُتَخَصِّص m (mutaḵaṣṣiṣ), مُتَخَصِّصَة f (mutaḵaṣṣiṣa), خَبِير m (ḵabīr), خَبِيرَة f (ḵabīra)

  Egyptian Arabic: خبير m (ḵabīr)

  Gulf Arabic: خبير m (ḵabīr)

• Armenian: փորձագետ (hy) (pʻorjaget)
• Azerbaijani: ekspert, mütəxəssis
• Bashkir: белгес (bilgis)
• Basque: aditu
• Belarusian: экспе́рт m (ekspjért), экспэ́рт m (ekspért)
• Bengali: বিশেষজ্ঞ (bn) (biśeśojno), দক্ষ (bn) (dokkho)
• Bulgarian: експе́рт (bg) m (ekspért)
• Burmese: ကျွမ်းကျင်သူ (kywam:kyangsu)
• Catalan: expert (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 專家 / 专家 (zyun¹ gaa¹), 高手 (gou¹ sau²)

  Hakka: 高手 (kô-sú)

  Hokkien: 高手 (zh-min-nan) (ko͘-chhiú)

  Mandarin: 專家 / 专家 (zh) (zhuānjiā), 專門家 / 专门家 (zh) (zhuānménjiā), 高手 (zh) (gāoshǒu)

• Comorian:

  Ngazidja Comorian: mtââlamu class 1/2

• Czech: odborník (cs) m, expert (cs) m, znalec (cs) m
• Danish: ekspert (da) c
• Dutch: deskundige (nl), expert (nl)
• Esperanto: kompetentulo sg, kompetentuloj pl; spertulo sg, spertuloj pl; eksperto sg, ekspertoj pl, fakulo (eo)
• Estonian: asjatundja, ekspert (et)
• Finnish: asiantuntija (fi), ekspertti (fi)
• French: expert (fr) m
• Galician: experto (gl) m
• Georgian: ექსპერტი (eksṗerṭi), სპეციალისტი (sṗecialisṭi), მცოდნე (mcodne)
• German: Experte (de) m, Fachmann (de) m, Fachfrau (de) f
• Greek: εμπειρογνώμων (el) (empeirognómon), εμπειροτέχνης (el) m (empeirotéchnis), δεξιοτέχνης (el) m or f (dexiotéchnis)

  Ancient Greek: ἐπιστήμων m (epistḗmōn)

• Hebrew: מומחה / מֻמְחֶה (he) m (mumkhé)
• Hindi: विशेषज्ञ (hi) m (viśeṣajña), माहिर (hi) m (māhir), कबीर (hi) m (kabīr), सिद्धहस्त (hi) m (siddhahast)
• Hungarian: szakértő (hu), szakember (hu)
• Icelandic: sérfræðingur m
• Indonesian: ahli (id), pakar (id), eksper (id), spesialis (id)
• Irish: saineolaí m
• Italian: esperto (it) m
• Japanese: 専門家 (ja) (senmonka), 熟練者 (ja) (jukurensha), 名人 (ja) (meijin)
• Javanese: juru (jv)
• Kazakh: сарапшы (kk) (sarapšı), маман (maman)
• Khmer: ជំនាញ (km) (cumniəñ), អ្នកឯកទេស (nĕək ʼaekteih)
• Korean: 숙련자(熟鍊者) (sungnyeonja), 전문가(專門家) (ko) (jeonmun'ga), 명인(名人) (ko) (myeong'in)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: pispor (ku)

• Kyrgyz: билгич (ky) (bilgic)
• Lao: ຜູ້ຊ່ຽວຊານ (phū siāu sān)
• Latin: consultus m
• Latvian: eksperts m, eksperte f
• Lithuanian: ekspertas m
• Macedonian: експерт m (ekspert)
• Malay: pakar (ms)
• Māori: tautōhito, pūkenga, mātanga
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: мэргэжилтэн (mn) (mergežilten), шинжээч (mn) (šinžeeč), эксперт (ekspert)

• Navajo: yééhósinígíí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ekspert m

• Occitan: expèrt (oc) m
• Pashto: ماهر m (māher), متخصص m (motaxases)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: خِبْرِه (xebre), مُتَخَصِّص (motaxasses)

• Polish: ekspert (pl) m
• Portuguese: expert (pt) m or f, especialista (pt) m or f, perito (pt) m
• Romanian: expert (ro) m
• Russian: экспе́рт (ru) m (ekspért), специали́ст (ru) m (specialíst), специали́стка (ru) f (specialístka), знато́к (ru) m (znatók)
• Scottish Gaelic: ealantach m, eòlaiche m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѐксперт m, стру̏чња̄к m, зна́лац m

  Latin: èkspert (sh) m, strȕčnjāk (sh) m, ználac (sh) m

• Slovak: odborník (sk) m, znalec m, expert (sk) m
• Slovene: strokovnjak m, izvedenec m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: eksperta m

• Spanish: perito (es) m, experto (es) m, conocedor (es)
• Swahili: mtaalam (sw), mtaalamu (sw)
• Swedish: expert (sv) c, sakkunnig (sv) c
• Tagalog: dalubhasa, eksperto
• Tajik: мутахассис (tg) (mutaxassis), эксперт (tg) (ekspert)
• Tatar: белгеч (tt) (belgeç)
• Thai: ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ (th) (pûu-chîao-chaan)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: uzman (tr), usta (tr), üstat (tr), mütehassıs (tr), bilirkişi (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: متخصص (mütehassıs)

• Turkmen: ekspert, ussat
• Ukrainian: експе́рт (uk) m (ekspért), фахіве́ць (uk) m (faxivécʹ), знаве́ць (uk) m (znavécʹ)
• Urdu: ماہِر m (māhir), مُتَخَصِّص m (mutaxassis)
• Uyghur: مۇتەخەسسىس (mutexessis)
• Uzbek: ekspert (uz), mutaxassis (uz)
• Vietnamese: chuyên gia (vi)
• Welsh: arbenigwr (cy) m
• Yiddish: עקספּערט m (ekspert)
• Zazaki: pıspor m, pıspore f

chess ranking

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: ekspertti (fi)
• Galician: experto (gl) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} సిద్ధహస్తుడు (siddhahastuḍu)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} bilirkişi (tr)

Verb

expert (third-person singular simple present experts, present participle experting, simple past and past participle experted)

1. (transitive) To have (something) reviewed or checked by an expert.
   • 1896, California. State Dept, “Biennial Report”, in Education, page 52:

     Estimated cost of editorial work on Advanced History […] Estimated cost of experting the Advanced History […]

   • 1899, Journals of the Legislature of the State of California, California: Legislature, page 470:

     The bill in question was one proposing to appropriate from the public moneys of this State $30,000 to pay an accountant for experting the books of the Southern Pacific Company, in furtherance of litigation then pending.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “expert”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “expert”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Further reading

• Raymond Williams (1983), “Expert”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 129.
• “expert”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• pretex, xerept

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əksˈpe̞rt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [əksˈpɛrt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eksˈpɛɾt]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [eksˈpɛrt]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

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

1. expert

   Antonym: inexpert

Derived terms

• expertesa

Noun

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

1. expert

   Synonym: perit

Further reading

• “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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛkspɛrt]

• Audio:

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Noun

expert m anim (female equivalent expertka)

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

   Synonyms: odborník, znalec

Declension

Declension of expert (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	expert	experti
genitive	experta	expertů
dative	expertovi, expertu	expertům
accusative	experta	experty
vocative	experte	experti
locative	expertovi, expertu	expertech
instrumental	expertem	experty

Related terms

• expertní

Further reading

• “expert”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “expert”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 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) /ɛkˈspɛːr/, (chiefly Belgium) /ɛkˈspɛrt/

• Audio:

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

Noun

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

1. expert

Usage notes

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.

Synonyms

• deskundige

Related terms

• expertise

Descendants

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

French

Etymology

From Latin expertus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spɛʁ/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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• Rhymes: -ɛʁ
• Hyphenation: ex‧pert

Adjective

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

1. expert

   Il est expert en matière de finances. ― He's an expert in finances.

   Il est expert dans les sciences humaines et sociales.

   He's an expert in the humanities and social sciences.

Derived terms

• expertement
• expertise

Related terms

• inexpert

Noun

expert m (plural experts, feminine experte)

1. expert

Descendants

• → Turkish: eksper
  • → Laz: ექისფერი (ekisperi), ეჩისპერი (eçisp̌eri) — Atina, ექისპერი (ekisp̌eri) — Firtina Valley

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French expert.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

expert (strong nominative masculine singular experter, not comparable)

1. expert

Declension

Positive forms of expert (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist expert	sie ist expert	es ist expert	sie sind expert
strong declension (without article)	nominative	experter	experte	expertes	experte
	genitive	experten	experter	experten	experter
	dative	expertem	experter	expertem	experten
	accusative	experten	experte	expertes	experte
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der experte	die experte	das experte	die experten
	genitive	des experten	der experten	des experten	der experten
	dative	dem experten	der experten	dem experten	den experten
	accusative	den experten	die experte	das experte	die experten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein experter	eine experte	ein expertes	(keine) experten
	genitive	eines experten	einer experten	eines experten	(keiner) experten
	dative	einem experten	einer experten	einem experten	(keinen) experten
	accusative	einen experten	eine experte	ein expertes	(keine) experten

Further reading

• “expert” in Duden online
• “expert”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛks.pɛʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈɛks.pɛh.t͡ʃi], /ˈɛks.pɛʁt͡ʃ/ [ˈɛks.pɛht͡ʃ], /ɛksˈpɛʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ɛksˈpɛh.t͡ʃi], /ɛksˈpɛʁt͡ʃ/ [ɛksˈpɛht͡ʃ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛks.pɛʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈɛks.pɛh.t͡ʃi], /ˈɛks.pɛʁt͡ʃ/ [ˈɛks.pɛht͡ʃ], /ɛksˈpɛʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ɛksˈpɛh.t͡ʃi], /ɛksˈpɛʁt͡ʃ/ [ɛksˈpɛht͡ʃ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɛks.pɛɾ.t͡ʃi/, /ˈɛks.pɛɾt͡ʃ/, /ɛksˈpɛɾ.t͡ʃi/, /ɛksˈpɛɾt͡ʃ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛkʃ.pɛʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈɛkʃ.pɛχ.t͡ʃi], /ˈɛkʃ.pɛʁt͡ʃ/ [ˈɛkʃ.pɛχt͡ʃ], /ɛkʃˈpɛʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ɛkʃˈpɛχ.t͡ʃi], /ɛkʃˈpɛʁt͡ʃ/ [ɛkʃˈpɛχt͡ʃ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈɛks.pɛɻ.t͡ʃi/, /ˈɛks.pɛɻt͡ʃ/, /ɛksˈpɛɻ.t͡ʃi/, /ɛksˈpɛɻt͡ʃ/

• Audio (Central-West Brazil):

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Noun

expert m or f by sense (plural experts)

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

   Synonyms: especialista, perito, experto

Related terms

• expertise

Further reading

• “expert”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “expert”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Alternative forms

• експерт (expert) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French expert, from Latin expertus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eksˈpert/

• Rhymes: -ert
• Hyphenation: ex‧pert

Noun

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

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	expert	expertul	experți	experții
genitive-dative	expert	expertului	experți	experților
vocative	expertule		experților

Further reading

• “expert”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

expert c

1. expert

Declension

Declension of expert

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	expert	experts
	definite	experten	expertens
plural	indefinite	experter	experters
	definite	experterna	experternas

Derived terms

• dataexpert
• expertbedömning
• expertgranskning
• expertgrupp
• experthjälp
• expertjury
• expertkommentar
• expertkommentator
• expertkommitté
• expertkunskap
• expertpanel
• expertråd
• experttips
• expertutlåtande
• expertutredning
• expertuttalande
• expertvittne
• expertvälde

Related terms

• expertis

See also

• kännare
• sakkunnig

References

• “expert”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)