Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.
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Erudition
//ˌɛɹʊˈdɪʃən//
Synonyms for "erudition" (64 found)
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49 translations across 26 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ներհունություն noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Bengali
1 entries- এলেম noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Bulgarian
1 entries- еруди́ция noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 博學 /博学 noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- 學問 /学问 noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- 學問 /学问 noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- 學識 /学识 noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Danish
2 entries- erudition noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- lærdom noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Dutch
2 entries- eruditie noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- geleerdheid noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Finnish
1 entries- oppineisuus noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
French
1 entries- érudition noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Galician
1 entries- erudición noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
German
4 entries- Belesenheit noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- Bildung noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- Gelehrsamkeit noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- Gelehrtheit noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Greek
3 entries- λογιότητα noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- πολυμάθεια noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- σοφία noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Hebrew
1 entries- אוֹרְיָנוּת noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Hungarian
2 entries- műveltség noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- tanultság noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Japanese
1 entries- 博学 noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Korean
1 entries- 박학 noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Latin
2 entries- doctrīna noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- ērudītiō noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Polish
2 entries- erudycja noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- oczytanie noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Portuguese
1 entries- erudição noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Romanian
1 entries- erudiție noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Russian
3 entries- начи́танность noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- у́мственный бага́ж noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- эруди́ция noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- erudicija noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- načitanost noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- начитаност noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Spanish
1 entries- erudición noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Swedish
4 entries- beläsenhet noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- bildning noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- erudition noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- lärdom noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Tagalog
1 entries- kaalaliman noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Turkish
1 entries- bilginlik noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Ukrainian
3 entries- бага́ж зна́нь noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- еруди́ція noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
- розумо́вий бага́ж noun (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
My brothers will be greatly loved by our citizens because of their erudition and modesty.
Source: tatoeba (2803377)
Hanako impressed the guests no less by her exotic beauty and elegance than by her erudition and refined conversation.
Source: tatoeba (3565098)
Tom is a man of erudition.
Source: tatoeba (9031384)
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