egyptologist
/ˌid͡ʒɪpˈtɑləd͡ʒɪst/noun
egyptologist is a noun meaning “Alternative letter-case form of Egyptologist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-G-Y-P-T-O-L-O-G-I-S-T, and it appears about once in every 9 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of egyptologist is egyptologists.
What does egyptologist mean?
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Egyptologist.
noun
- 1
A person; one who is skilled in or professes or practices Egyptology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce egyptologist?
- US /ˌid͡ʒɪpˈtɑləd͡ʒɪst/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Egyptologist.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of egyptologist
- egyptologists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is egyptologist?
Egyptologist appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 91,522nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Egyptologist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A person; one who is skilled professes or practices Egyptology:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | égyptologue |
| German | Ägyptologe, Ägyptologin |
| Portuguese | egiptólogo |
| Spanish | egiptólogo, egiptóloga |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does egyptologist come from?
From Egypto- + -logist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).