Added 9 October 2026
linguist
/ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/ noun
Latin root: lingua Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about linguist at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- A specialist in linguistics.
- A person who speaks more than one language.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin lingua (“language”) + -ist.
From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)