# specialist
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French spécialiste, equivalent to special +‎ -ist.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈspɛʃəlɪst/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

specialist (comparative more specialist, superlative most specialist)
* (British) Specialised, involving detailed knowledge of a restricted topic.
** 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: Special Award: Signal Box Restoration”, in RAIL, number 946, page 57:This was a highly specialist job, and it has been very carefully carried out so that it is very hard to see that these windows are now modern replacements.

### Noun

specialist (plural specialists)
* Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
    Synonyms: aficionado, enthusiast, connoisseur
* (sports) A player on a team who primarily employs one particular skill or takes one particular role.
    Antonym: all-rounder
* (medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
    Hypernyms: see Thesaurus:physician
** 1964 September 24, “ROBERT L. HUTTON, DIAGNOSTICIAN, 83; Internist Dies —Had Been on Lincoln Hospital Staff”, in The New York Times‎:Dr. Robert Leroy Hutton, a retired specialist in internal medicine and a well‐known diagnostician, died yesterday here.
** 2017 June 3, Jamie Koufman, “The Specialists’ Stranglehold on Medicine”, in The New York Times‎:Most Americans mistakenly believe that they must see specialists for almost every medical problem.
* (US, military) Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
* An organism that is specialized for a particular environment.
    The tree Lepidothamnus laxifolius is a high alpine specialist found in high-altitude bog communities and in scrub.
* A stenotopic species.
* A sixth-former at Eton College.

#### Antonyms

* generalist
* eurytopic

#### Derived terms

* infectious disease specialist
* left-handed specialist
* non-specialist, nonspecialist
* specialistic

#### Related terms

* specialize
* subspecialty
* subspecialist

#### Translations

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### Further reading

* specialist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* “specialist”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

### Anagrams

* plasticise

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French spécialiste. Equivalent to speciaal +‎ -ist.

### Pronunciation

* (Netherlands) IPA: /ˌspeː.ʃaːˈlɪst/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: spe‧ci‧a‧list
* Rhymes: -ɪst

### Noun

specialist m (plural specialisten, diminutive specialistje n, feminine specialiste)
* specialist

#### Derived terms

* specialistisch

#### Related terms

* specialisatie
* specialiseren
* specialisme

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: spesialis

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French spécialiste.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

specialist m (plural specialiști, feminine equivalent specialistă)
* specialist
    Synonym: expert

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

special +‎ -ist

### Noun

specialist c
* a specialist
    Antonym: generalist

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | specialist | specialists |
| singular | definite | specialisten | specialistens |
| plural | indefinite | specialister | specialisters |
| plural | definite | specialisterna | specialisternas |

#### Related terms

* specialistkunskap
* specialistsjuksköterska

#### See also

* expert

### References

* specialist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* specialist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* specialist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)