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Plural of savant

regular plural

The plural of savant is savants.

Forms of savant

Singularsavant /sæˈvɑnt/
Pluralsavants
Countablecountable

Savants in a sentence

  • In the non-ASD population, the incidence of savants is about 1 percent.2008, Ana Maria Rodriguez, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Twenty-First Century Books, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry ASD
  • Why people in the spectrum are more likely to be savants is still a mystery.2008, Ana Maria Rodriguez, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Twenty-First Century Books, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry ASD
  • Savants have a developmental disability, including autistic disorders, combined with brilliant talents or abilities.2008, Ana Maria Rodriguez, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Twenty-First Century Books, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry savant syndrome
  • Likenesses of both savants and savantes proliferated.2000, Elise Goodman, “Picturing Enlightened Women”, in The Portraits of Madame de Pompadour: Celebrating the Femme Savante, University of…. From the entry savante
  • Was it not criminal to terminize appearances of multiple savants into terminal categorization, cast visionists in abattoirs called friendship rests?1976, Georgiana Peacher, Mary Stuart's Ravishment Descending Time, page 57. From the entry terminize

Meaning of savant

  1. noun A person of learning, especially one who is versed in literature or science.
  2. noun A person who is considered eminent because of their achievements.
  3. noun A person with or without significant mental disabilities who is very gifted in one area of activity, such as playing the piano or mental arithmetic.

Full definition of savant

Questions about the plural of savant

What is the plural of savant?
The plural of savant is savants.
Is savant countable?
Savant is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: savant (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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