Dictionary

scholar en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈskɑlɚ/ (General-American)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈskɒlə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *skʰolā́ Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ)bor. Latin schola Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin scholārisbor. Old English scōlere Middle English scolere English scholar From Middle English scolar, scolare, scoler, scolere (also scholer), from Old English scōlere (“scholar, learner”), from Late Latin scholāris, from schola (“school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure", later, "conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”), equivalent to school + -ar. Doublet of schooler, Schuyler, and escolar. Compare Saterland Frisian Sköiler, Middle Low German schö̂lære, schö̂lere, schö̂ler (> modern German Low German Schöler), Dutch scholier, German Schüler.

Meanings

1. A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
2. A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
3. A learned person; a bookman.
   • The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read. 2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:
4. (Singapore) Someone who received a prestigious scholarship.

Forms

Deriveds

independent scholar · choral scholar · nonscholar · Queen's Scholar · visiting scholar · scholarship · gentleman and scholar · scholaress · Chinese scholar tree · scholar's mate · organ scholar · day-scholar · scholarism · scholar and gentleman · King's Scholar · scholarly · scholarlike · Scholar Green · scholarless · Oxford scholar · scholar's gown

Relateds

savant · scholarch · humanities scholar · scholiast

Synonyms

expert · pupil · specialist · student · savant · erudite · academic · scholarly person · learned person

Translations (133)

pl uczony (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · id cendekiawan (learned person) · de Gelehrter (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ar عَالِم (learned person) · ja 学者 (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · pt estudioso (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · tl paaralin (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · cy academydd (learned person) · sq dijës (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ta அறிஞர் (learned person) · ko 학자 (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · pt bolseiro (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · ko 학생 (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · fr intellectuel (learned person) · fr spécialiste (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ru специали́ст (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · de Studentin (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · hu tudós (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · eo erudiciulino (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · cy ysgolheiges (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · cy ysgolhaig (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · sw mwanachuoni (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ta கற்றார் (learned person) · fi tiedemies (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · pt erudito (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · fa-ira خِرَدْمَنْد (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · cmn 學生 /学生 (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · it letterato (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ru уча́щийся (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · pt bolsista (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · ru учёный (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · es estudioso (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · cy arbenigwraig (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · bg стипендиа́нт (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · arz عالم (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · eo erudiciulo (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · jv pandhita (learned person) · ur عالِم (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · pt douto (learned person) · yi חכם (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ml വിദ്വാൻ (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · hi विषेशज्ञ (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ml വിദഗ്ദ്ധൻ (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · de Schülerin (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · tr âlim (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · es docto (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · izh tiitomees (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · fa-ira دانِش پِژوه (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · pt especialista (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · hy գիտնական (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · it studioso (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ro învățat (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · cs učenec (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · it accademico (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · gd eòlaiche (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ja 識者 (learned person) · sq dijës (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · tr âlim (learned person) · ca estudiós (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ru студе́нт (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · lv zinātnieks (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · nl geleerde (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · fi opiskelija (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · cmn 學者 /学者 (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · sa पण्डित (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · cy ysgolhaig (learned person) · cy ysgolheiges (learned person) · pl stypendystka (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · pt bolseira (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · izh oppimees (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ja 学生 (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · ktu kizabi (learned person) · tr bilgin (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ca estudiant (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · ca erudit (learned person) · fi oppinut (learned person) · fr savant (learned person) · pl uczona (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · it erudito (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · sw mwanachuoni (learned person) · id sarjana (learned person) · yue 學者 /学者 (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ro savant (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · pl stypendysta (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · bg специалист (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ru знато́к (learned person) · pt acadêmico (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ar عَالِم (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · tl palaaral (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · sa पण्डित (learned person) · hi पंडित (learned person) · bg у́чен (learned person) · nl geleerde (learned person) · uz olim (learned person) · ps پوهاند (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · de Gelehrter (learned person) · lv zinātniece (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · de Student (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · el λόγιος (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · es docto (learned person) · cy arbenigwr (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · sv forskare (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · gd sgoilear (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · it dotto (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ml പണ്ഡിതൻ (learned person) · pt erudito (learned person) · ur دانِشْوَر (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · it erudito (learned person) · ml പണ്ഡിതൻ (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ru экспе́рт (learned person) · de Schüler (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · ru учени́к (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · ja 学識者 (learned person) · it dotto (learned person) · it ricercatore (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · fr étudiant (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · cy academwraig (learned person) · yue 學生 /学生 (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · fur scuelâr (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · ro erudit (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · hi शोधार्थी (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · es escolar (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · fr expert (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · sv stipendiat (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · pl uczona (learned person) · hi शोधकर्ता (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · fr érudit (learned person) · cmn 博學之人 /博学之人 (learned person) · vi học sinh (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) · ta அறிஞர் (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) · pl uczony (learned person) · tl pantas (learned person) · tl paham (learned person)