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Dictionary: phi·los·o·pher   (fĭ-lŏs'ə-fər) pronunciation
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n.
  1. A student of or specialist in philosophy.
  2. A person who lives and thinks according to a particular philosophy.
  3. A person who is calm and rational under any circumstances.

[Middle English philosophre, from alteration of Old French philosophe, from Latin philosophus, from Greek philosophos, lover of wisdom, philosopher : philo-, philo- + sophiā, knowledge, learning.]


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noun

    A person who seeks reason and truth by thinking and meditation: thinker. See thoughts.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - filosof

Nederlands (Dutch)
filosoof, nadenker, onverstoorbare persoon

Français (French)
n. - philosophe

Deutsch (German)
n. - Philosoph

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φιλόσοφος

Italiano (Italian)
filosofo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - filósofo (m)

Русский (Russian)
философ

Español (Spanish)
n. - filósofo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - filosof

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
哲学家, 哲人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 哲學家, 哲人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 철학자, 현인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 哲学者, 賢人, 冷静沈着な人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فيلسوف, حكيم, شخص ذو نظرة فلسفيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פילוסוף, הוגה דעות, קר-רוח, שקול‬


 
 
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