How to pronounce linguist
American English pronunciation
LING-gwist
- IPA
- /ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/
- Syllables
- LING · gwist (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What linguist means
A person who studies how languages work
In a sentence: The linguist recorded the old fishermen telling stories in their island language.
Where it comes from: It comes from lingua, the Latin word for "tongue" or "language," plus -ist.
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