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учёный — meaning in English

uchyonyy

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English meaning

  • boffin noun British informal: a scientist or technical expert, especially one involved in research.
  • erudite adj Having or showing deep knowledge gained through extensive reading and study.
  • knowledgeable adj Having a lot of knowledge, especially about a particular subject.
  • learned adjective Having extensive knowledge, gained through years of study; scholarly.
  • polymath noun A person with deep knowledge and ability across many different subjects.
  • scholar noun A person with deep expert knowledge in a particular academic subject.
  • scholarly adj Relating to serious academic study, or showing the careful, learned qualities of a scholar.
  • scientist noun A person who studies or works in one of the sciences, typically through research and experiment.

Senses

учёный is used for these senses in English:

  • boffin (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, informal) An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research. [from 1930s]
  • erudite Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.
  • learned Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
  • polymath A person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.
  • scholar A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
  • scholarly Of or relating to scholastics or scholarship.
  • scientist One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research, or make use of the results of the research of others.
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