sciencisto
Esperanto
Alternative forms
Etymology
From scienco (“science”) + -isto (“occupation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st͡sienˈt͡sisto/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -isto
- Syllabification: sci‧en‧cis‧to
- Hyphenation: scienc‧isto
Noun
sciencisto (accusative singular scienciston, plural sciencistoj, accusative plural sciencistojn)
- scientist
- Synonym: scienculo
- Hyponyms: astronomo, biokemiisto, fizikisto, kemiisto
- 2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, “La plej mallonga tago”, in uea.facila[1], archived from the original on 12 December 2025:
- Nu, plej verŝajne sciencistoj ĉikanus vin, kaj klarigus al vi, ke fakte tagoj daŭras foje iomete pli, foje iomete malpli.
- Well, most likely scientists would argue with you frivolously, and explain to you, that days in fact last sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less.
Further reading
Monolingual dictionaries
- “sciencisto”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
- “sciencisto”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
- Benson, William (1932), “sciencist-o”, in Universala Esperanto-Metodo[2], →OL, page 472
Multilingual dictionaries
- Wells, John C. (1992), “boffin”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary[3], →ISBN, page 191
- Benson, Peter J. (1995), “boffin”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary[4], →ISBN, page 75
- Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “scienc-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary[5], →OL, page 363