-ist
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French -iste and Latin -ista < Ancient Greek -ιστής (istēs).
[edit] Suffix
-ist
- Added to words to form nouns denoting:
- One who follows a principle or system of belief.
- A member of a profession or one interested in something.
- botanist
- psychiatrist, one who studies psychiatry
- A person who uses something.
- violinist, one who plays a violin
- A person who holds biased views.
[edit] Translations
One who follows a principle or system of belief
A member of a profession or one interested in something
A person who uses something
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[edit] See also
[edit] Croatian
[edit] Suffix
-ist
- Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a follower or a profession. Chiefly used for loanwords.
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Suffix
-ist
- appended to a word, it yields a noun which signifies the subject who performs something related to that word
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] German
[edit] Suffix
-ist m. (plural -isten, feminine -istin, feminine plural -istinnen)
Also see: Category:German nouns ending in -ist
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [ist]
[edit] Suffix
-ist m. (plural -işti, feminine -istă, feminine plural -iste)
[edit] Declension
declension of -ist