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Einstein en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈaɪnˌstaɪn/ (Canada, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland, common)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈaɪnˌʃtaɪn/ (Canada, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland, uncommon)
• īn′stīn′ (common)
• /ˈajnˌʃʈajn/ (India, uncommon)
• /ˈɑenˌstɑen/ (Australia, common)
• īn′shtīn′ (uncommon)
• /ˈajnˌsʈajn/ (India, common)
• /ˈɑenˌʃtɑen/ (Australia, uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Einstein. * The common noun is an eponym of Albert Einstein.

Meanings

1. (sarcastic, sometimes) An extremely clever or intelligent person.
   • Can you believe he's just a kindergartener? It looks like they've got an Einstein in the family.
   • Good job, Einstein, thinking you could grab the wires with your pliers.

Forms

Synonyms

know-it-all · clever clogs · wise-ass · clever dick · Albert Einstein · wisenheimer · smarty pants · wiseacre · smart ass · smarty · know-all · wiseass · smart aleck · Buddha

Einstein en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈaɪnˌstaɪn/ (Canada, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland, common)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈaɪnˌʃtaɪn/ (Canada, General-American, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland, uncommon)
• īn′stīn′ (common)
• /ˈajnˌʃʈajn/ (India, uncommon)
• /ˈɑenˌstɑen/ (Australia, common)
• īn′shtīn′ (uncommon)
• /ˈajnˌsʈajn/ (India, common)
• /ˈɑenˌʃtɑen/ (Australia, uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Einstein. * The common noun is an eponym of Albert Einstein.

Meanings

1. Albert Einstein, the world-famous 20th-century theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity.
   • Einstein said he could never understand it all / Planets spinning through space 1977, James Taylor, “Secret O' Life”, in JT, Columbia Records:
   • If Einstein, my dear / Were a toll booth cashier / I imagine he too would be [bored] 2000 January 22, Listener Limerick Challenge: Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!, spoken by Carl Kasell, via National Public Radio:
   • We're sitting in a coffee shop in Sunnyvale, California. It's late. I've had a few beers, and my dinner date has downed a few plum wines. I peer deep into his eyes, trying to figure out why so many people throughout the high tech universe think Henry Massalin could be the Einstein of our time. 1996 December, Gary Andrew Poole, “Qua”, in Wired, →ISSN:
   • Men of Science More or Less Agog Over Results of Eclipse Observations. EINSTEIN THEORY TRIUMPHS Stars Not Where They Seemed or Were Calculated to be, but Nobody Need Worry. A BOOK FOR 12 WISE MEN No More in All the World Could Comprehend it, Said Einstein When His Daring Publishers Accepted it. 1919 November 10, “LIGHTS ALL ASKEW IN THE HEAVENS”, in New York Times:
   • Gaston: Picasso, Einstein, Schmendiman. Somehow it doesn't have a ring. 1993, Steve Martin, Picasso at the Lapin Agile:
2. A surname from German.

Forms

Deriveds

einsteinium · Stark-Einstein law · Bose-Einstein condensate · Einstein radius · Albert Einstein · Einstein cross · EPR=ER · Einsteinian relativity · Einstein syndrome · Einstein-Bose statistics · Einstein ring · Einsteinian · Einstein's constant · Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox · Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen telephone · Bose-Einstein statistics · Einstein field equation · einstein · ER=EPR · Einstein-Rosen bridge

Translations (36)

he איינשטיין (Albert Einstein) · yue 愛因斯坦 /爱因斯坦 (Albert Einstein) · yi אײַנשטיין (Albert Einstein) · bn আইনস্টাইন (Albert Einstein) · az Eynşteyn (Albert Einstein) · be Эйнштэ́йн (Albert Einstein) · pl Einstein (Albert Einstein) · pt Einstein (Albert Einstein) · eo Ejnŝtejno (Albert Einstein) · bg Айнщайн (Albert Einstein) · el Αϊνστάιν (Albert Einstein) · hi आइनस्टाइन (Albert Einstein) · ja アインシュタイン (Albert Einstein) · nn Einstein (Albert Einstein) · da Einstein (Albert Einstein) · th ไอน์สไตน์ (Albert Einstein) · ko 아인슈타인 (Albert Einstein) · fr Einstein (Albert Einstein) · nl Einstein (Albert Einstein) · mk Ајнштајн (Albert Einstein) · mr आइनस्टाइन (Albert Einstein) · ka აინშტაინი (Albert Einstein) · de Einstein (Albert Einstein) · it Einstein (Albert Einstein) · nv hastiin Einstein (Albert Einstein) · ru Эйнште́йн (Albert Einstein) · hy Էյնշտեյն (Albert Einstein) · ur آئنسٹائن (Albert Einstein) · nb Einstein (Albert Einstein) · cmn 愛因斯坦 /爱因斯坦 (Albert Einstein) · uk Ейнште́йн (Albert Einstein) · fa اینشتین (Albert Einstein) · fi Einstein (Albert Einstein) · ar أَيْنْشْتَايْن (Albert Einstein) · ia Einstein (Albert Einstein) · es Einstein (Albert Einstein)

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