scholar

Signification (Anglais)

1. A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
2. A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.
3. A learned person; a bookman.
4. Someone who received a prestigious scholarship.

Concepts

savant

érudit

étudiant

écolier

chercheur

boursier

élève

scientifique

expert

clerc

elève

studente

étudiante

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈskɒlə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English scolar, scolare, scoler, scolere (also scholer), from Old English scōlere (“scholar, learner”), from Late Latin scholāris, from schola (“school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure", later, "conversations and the knowledge gained through them during free time; the places where these conversations took place”), equivalent to school + -ar. Compare Saterland Frisian Sköiler, Middle Low German schö̂lære, schö̂lere, schö̂ler (> modern German Low German Schöler), Dutch scholier, German Schüler. Doublet of escolar.