кандидат наук

Russian

Etymology

Literally, “candidate of sciences”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kənʲdʲɪˈdat nɐˈuk]

Noun

кандида́т нау́к • (kandidát naúk) m anim (genitive кандида́та нау́к, nominative plural кандида́ты нау́к, genitive plural кандида́тов нау́к)

  1. Candidate of Sciences (possessor of a Candidate of Sciences degree)
  2. Candidate of Sciences (first of two doctoral level scientific degrees in Russia and some of the Commonwealth of Independent States)
  3. (historical) Candidate of Sciences (first of two doctoral level scientific degrees in the USSR and Czechoslovakia)

Declension

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Descendants
  • → Belarusian: кандыда́т наву́к (kandydát navúk) (calque)
  • → Czech: kandidát věd (calque)
  • → English: Candidate of Sciences (calque)
  • → Polish: kandydat nauk (calque)
  • → Slovak: kandidát vied (calque)
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Further reading
  • кандидат наук in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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