learned

Etymology 1
From, , , equivalent to , which replaced the earlier , from , past participle of. Learn formerly had the meaning “to teach”, which is now found only in nonstandard speech, as well as its standard meaning of “to learn”.

Adjective

 * 1) Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
 * 2) * 1854, Charles Edward Pollock, Lake v. Plaxton, 156 Eng. Rep. 412 (Exch.) 414; 10 Ex. 199, 200 (Eng.)
 * My learned Brother Cresswell directed the jury to make the calculation
 * 1) Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.
 * 1) * 1854, Charles Edward Pollock, Lake v. Plaxton, 156 Eng. Rep. 412 (Exch.) 414; 10 Ex. 199, 200 (Eng.)
 * My learned Brother Cresswell directed the jury to make the calculation
 * 1) Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.
 * 1) Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.
 * 1) Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.
 * 1) Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.

Usage notes

 * In very rare instances, this adjectival sense is sometimes spelled with a grave accent, . This is meant to indicate that the second ‘e’ is pronounced as or, rather than being silent, as in the verb form. This spelling is largely restricted to poetry and other works in which it is important that the adjective’s disyllabicity be made explicit.
 * The superlative forms and  are archaic and obsolete, respectively.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Cherokee: ᎠᎦᏔᎿᎢ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: სწავლული, განსწავლული, ერუდირებული
 * German:, , , gelehrsam, , , , ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Interlingua: docte, erudite
 * Irish: léannta
 * Italian:, , , ,
 * Korean: 박식한
 * Latin:, ērudītus, litterātus
 * Macedonian: учен
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: lærd
 * Portuguese:, , , ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaichte, foghlaimte, iùlmhor, sgoilearach, fiosrach
 * Serbo-Croatian:, ,
 * Slovak: učený
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Tocharian B: ūwe
 * Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎄𐎓
 * Ukrainian: вче́ний, уче́ний
 * Yiddish: לומדיש

Etymology 2
Past participle of.

Adjective

 * 1) Derived from experience; acquired by learning.

Translations

 * Czech: naučený
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , , ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Macedonian: научен
 * Russian:


 * French: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:, ,