scientist in English: Someone whose job is to study science and to find out how things work. (noun)

Translation

Someone whose job is to study science and to find out how things work.

Word origin

Made in 1834 from science plus the ending -ist; science comes from Latin scientia, knowledge.

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"Scientist" is a person; "science" is the subject.

Scientists warmer.

The plural adds an s: scientists.

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We say "be a scientist", with "a" before the job.

science

The study of the world by testing and watching how things work.

doctor

A person whose job is to help sick people get well.

study

To spend time learning about something by reading or going to classes.

work

To do a job or use effort to make or finish something.

learn

To get new knowledge or a new skill by studying, trying, or being taught.

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