philologist
A person who engages in philology, especially as a professionA person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.
» I am not a philologist.
Ich bin kein Philologe. — al_ex_an_der
Я не филолог. — al_ex_an_der
Я не філолог. — Dionizio
al_ex_an_der · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesA person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.
Philologe, Philologin
фило́логfilólog, языкове́дjazykovéd
філо́логfilóloh, мовозна́вецьmovoznávecʹ
A person devoted to general learning and literature.
A person devoted to classical scholarship.
a humanist specializing in classical scholarship
Examples
2 sentencesI am not a philologist.
Я не філолог. — Dionizio
ruЯ не филолог. — al_ex_an_der
deIch bin kein Philologe. — al_ex_an_der
Being a philologist, studying languages was necessary for his work.
Translations
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Forms
plural: philologists| Singular | philologist |
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| Plural | philologists |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- a humanist specializing in classical scholarship:philologue