savant

savant
[[t]sæ̱v(ə)nt, AM sævɑ͟ːnt[/t]]
savants
1) N-COUNT A savant is a person of great learning or natural ability. [FORMAL]

The opinion of the savants on the composition of the lunar surface is not as united as you appear to believe.

2) N-COUNT You can refer to someone as an idiot savant if they seem to be less intelligent than normal people but are unusually good at doing one particular thing.

...an idiot savant, an autistic with a gift for numbers.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • savant — savant, ante [ savɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. et n. • 1510; « sachant » XIIe; a. p. prés. de 1. savoir I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ Qui sait beaucoup, en matière d érudition ou de science (I, 1o). ⇒ cultivé, docte, éclairé, érudit, instruit , lettré. De savants bénédictins.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • savant — savant, ante (sa van, van t ) adj. 1°   Qui sait beaucoup, qui est versé dans les matières soit d érudition, soit de science. Il est savant en histoire, en mathématique, en chimie. Les sociétés savantes. Les corps savants. •   N étant point de… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • savant — SAVÁNT, Ă, savanţi, te, adj., s.m. şi f. 1. adj., s.m. şi f. (Persoană) cu cunoştinţe vaste şi temeinice, care creează în domeniul ştiinţei; erudit. 2. adj. Care conţine multă ştiinţă, care denotă ştiinţă sau, p. ext., artă, pricepere, măiestrie …   Dicționar Român

  • Savant — (from the French savant knowing , English since the 18th century) may refer to:* An expert or wise person * Savant syndrome * Marilyn vos Savant In popular culture:John Weiss *Characters in the Noble Warriors Trilogy *Savant (DC) *Savant… …   Wikipedia

  • Savant — bezeichnet: eine Person mit einer Inselbegabung Personen: Doug Savant, eine US amerikanischer Schauspieler Marilyn vos Savant, eine US amerikanische Kolumnistin Savant des Rimes (* 1984; bürgerlich Umut Altunay), einen französischer Rapper Siehe… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Savant — Nom rare dont on trouve quelques mentions en France, mais qui semble surtout porté en Italie, aux environs de Turin. En composition : Savant Aira, Savant Aleina, Savant Rosso. Si on se fie à la graphie, ce serait un surnom désignant celui qui a… …   Noms de famille

  • savant — 1719, from Fr. savant a learned man, noun use of adj. savant learned, knowing, former prp. of savoir to know, from O.Fr., from V.L. *sapere, from L. sapere be wise (see SAPIENT (Cf. sapient)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • savant — [sə vänt′, səvant′; sav′ənt; ] Fr [, sȧ vän′] n. pl. savants [səvänts′, sav′ənts; ] Fr [, sȧvän′] [Fr, orig. prp. of savoir < L sapere: see SAP1] 1. a learned person; eminent scholar 2. IDIOT SAVANT …   English World dictionary

  • Savant — Sa vant , n.; pl. {Savants} (F. ?; E. ?). [F., fr. savoir to know, L. sapere. See {Sage}, a.] A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • savant — index expert, mastermind, specialist Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • savant — [n] scholar academic, bookworm, brain*, egghead*, expert, intellect, intellectual, learned person, learner, master, philosopher, pundit, sage, wise person; concept 350 …   New thesaurus

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