maven

Etymology
From, from , from. 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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

 * 1)  An expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing; an aficionado.

Translations

 * Arabic: خَبِير
 * Azerbaijani: sərraf
 * Catalan: ,
 * Czech:, expertka, , , ,
 * Dutch: zelf-benoemde, zelf-benoemde
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician:, experta
 * German:, , ,
 * Hebrew: מבֿין
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: ма́хер, зна́лец, е́ксперт
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Yiddish: מבֿין