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/ɛks.pɛʁ/
Translation
expert, specialist
Word origin
From Latin expertus, the past participle of experiri ('to try, to put to the test'). An expert was first someone who had tried a thing rather than merely read about it. English 'experience' and 'experiment' share the root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- expertus
- English cognates
- expert, experience, experiment
Grammar
Examples
estimer .
An expert came to assess the damage.
experte .
She is an expert in employment law.
l' ' indépendant.
The court asked for the opinion of an independent expert.
, .
He talks like an expert, but he is often wrong.
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The experts do not agree among themselves.
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