generalist

English

Etymology

general +‎ -ist

Noun

generalist (plural generalists)

A person with a broad general knowledge, especially one with more than superficial knowledge in several areas and the ability to combine ideas from diverse fields.
(medicine) A general practitioner.
(ecology) Species which can thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions. A eurytopic species.

Antonyms

Translations

person with a broad general knowledge

Catalan: generalista
Chinese: 通才 (zh) (tōngcái)
Finnish: yleismies
French: généraliste (fr)
German: Generalist (de) m
Japanese: 何でも屋 (nandemoya), ゼネラリスト (ja) (zenerarisuto)
Spanish: generalista
Swedish: generalist (sv) c

general practitioner

Catalan: generalista
Finnish: yleislääkäri (fi)
Spanish: generalista

biological species

Finnish: generalisti

Anagrams

Easterling, easterling

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French généraliste. By surface analysis, general +‎ -ist.

Noun

generalist m (plural generaliști)

generalist

Declension

Declension of generalist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) generalist	generalistul	(niște) generaliști	generaliștii
genitive/dative	(unui) generalist	generalistului	(unor) generaliști	generaliștilor
vocative	generalistule		generaliștilor

Swedish

Noun

generalist c

a generalist
Antonym: specialist
1. (medicine) a generalist (general practitioner)
  Synonym: allmänläkare

Declension

Declension of generalist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	generalist	generalisten	generalister	generalisterna
Genitive	generalists	generalistens	generalisters	generalisternas

References

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