linguist
Collocations
4ADJ.
cunning, fair, familiar, fluent, natural, north, other, proficient
LINGUIST + NOUN
acquaintance, emeritu, it's, kabyle, professor, translator
PREP.
in
ADV.
quite
Definitions
noun
One who studies linguistics.
One who studies linguistics.
President Donald Trump has "turned words into weapons" -- and journalists are providing additional ammunition. That's according to Trump critic George Lakoff, a renowned linguist and professor emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley.
The internet serves as an accelerant to fanilects. Because song lyrics are readily available online, they have a characteristic linguists call "persistence," meaning anyone can refer to them and reuse them.
A person skilled in languages.
The words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance.
A human translator; an interpreter, especially in the armed forces.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a person who speaks more than one language
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6President Donald Trump has "turned words into weapons" -- and journalists are providing additional ammunition. That's according to Trump critic George Lakoff, a renowned linguist and professor emeritu
WiktionaryThe internet serves as an accelerant to fanilects. Because song lyrics are readily available online, they have a characteristic linguists call "persistence," meaning anyone can refer to them and reuse
WiktionaryThe words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance.
WiktionaryThe linguist is fluent in several Chinese dialects.
Tatoeba · #48185The linguist is quite familiar with the dialect.
Tatoeba · #239747Two of my friends are researchers; one is a linguist, the other a chemist.
Tatoeba · #252006