cercettorul

Cercetătorul is a Romanian noun that denotes a person who conducts research. In standard Romanian, the noun is masculine singular; the feminine is cercetătoarea; the plurals are cercetătorii and cercetătoarele. It is used to refer to individuals working in academia, industry, government, or other fields where systematic investigation is practiced.

Origin and morphology: cercetătorul is formed from cercetare, meaning research, with the agent suffix -tor. The verb cerceta means to research. The definite article -ul attaches to the noun to form the definite noun cercetătorul. In non-diacritic texts, the form cercetatorul is commonly used. A nonstandard spelling such as cercettorul may appear in some texts or errors, but the normative form is cercetătorul.

Usage: The term functions as a role designation for someone who conducts scholarly or scientific inquiry. It can refer to researchers across disciplines, from natural sciences to social sciences and humanities. In biographies, institutional descriptions, and journalism, cercetătorul is used similarly to the English term “researcher” or “investigator.”

See also: cercetare, cercetător, cercetătoare.