From en.wiktionary.org:
[MAVEN]
** English
[2023]
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en], from [he]. The word is said to have been popularized by
its use in an advertising campaign for Vita Herring launched in the United
States in 1964, which had a character called the “beloved [herring] maven”
promoting the product.[1]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [māvən] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en] ; [en] (fewer than 6 letters, non-compound)
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] An expert in a given field ; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing ; an aficionado .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
**** Alternative forms
- [en]
**** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Translations
[expert in a given field]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] [nl] , [nl] [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk] , [mk]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or
thing]
*** References
References:
[1]. [pos=n] ; [pos=n]
*** Further reading
- [2=maven (disambiguation)]
[en]
** Danish
*** Noun
[da]
1. [da]