-ist

English

Etymology

From Old French -iste and Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (istēs).

Suffix

-ist

1. Added to words to form nouns denoting:
   1. One who follows a principle or system of belief.

      Marxist, deist

      Note, these are related to -ism, e.g. Marxism, deism

   2. A member of a profession or one interested in something.

      botanist

      psychiatrist, one who studies psychiatry

   3. A person who uses something.

      violinist, one who plays a violin

   4. A person who holds biased views.

      sexist, racist

Derived terms

[+] English words suffixed with -ist

Translations

One who follows a principle or system of belief

Arabic: (nisba) ـي (ar) (-iy) m. Armenian: -ական (hy) (-akan), -իստ (hy) (-ist) Bulgarian: -ист (bg) (-ist) m. Chinese: Mandarin: -主義者 (cmn), -主义者 (cmn) (-zhǔyìzhě) Czech: -ista (cs) Dutch: -ist (nl) Esperanto: -isto (eo) Finnish: -isti (fi) French: -iste (fr) m. and f. Georgian: -ისტი (ka) (-isti) German: -ist (de) m., -istin (de) f. Greek: -ιστής (el) (-istís) m., -ίστρια (el) (-ístria) f.

Italian: -ista (it) Japanese: -主義者 (ja) (-しゅぎしゃ, -shugisha) Korean: -주의자 (ko) (-juuija) (-主義者 (ko)) Norwegian: -ist (no) Polish: -ista/-ysta m., -istka/-ystka f. Portuguese: -ista (pt) m. and f. Romanian: -ist (ro) Russian: -ист (ru) (-ist) m., -истка (ru) (-ístka) f. Spanish: -ista (es) m. and f. Swedish: -ist (sv) Turkish: -ist (tr) Welsh: -ydd (cy)

A member of a profession or one interested in something

Armenian: -գետ (hy) (-get), -բան (hy) (-ban) Finnish: -isti (fi)

French: -iste (fr) m. and f. Greek: -λόγος (el) (-lógos) m. and f.

A person who uses something

Finnish: -isti (fi) French: -iste (fr) m. and f. Greek: -ιστής (el) (-istís) m., -ίστρια (el) (-ístria) f.

Polish: -ista/-ysta m., -istka/-ystka f. Spanish: -isto (es) m., -ista (es) f.

A person who holds biased views

Finnish: -isti (fi) French: -iste (fr) m. and f.

Greek: -ιστής (el) (-istís) m., -ίστρια (el) (-ístria) f. Polish: -ista/-ysta m., -istka/-ystka f.

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Serbo-Croatian: -ist (hr) Interlingua: -ista

Romanian: -ist m., -istă f.

See also

• -ista

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Dutch

Suffix

-ist m.

1. appended to a word, it yields a noun which signifies the subject who performs something related to that word

Derived terms

• componist
• gitarist
• toetsenist

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪst/

Suffix

-ist m. (plural -isten, feminine -istin, feminine plural -istinnen)

1. -ist

   Pianist - pianist

   Anarchist - anarchist

   Rassist - racist

Also see: Category:German nouns ending in -ist

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Romanian

Etymology

French -iste

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ist]

Suffix

-ist m. (plural -iști, feminine -istă, feminine plural -iste)

1. -ist

   pianist - pianist

   anarhist - anarchist

   rasist - racist

Declension

declension of -ist

	singular		plural
gender m.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un -ist	-istul	niște -iști	-iștii
genitive/dative	unui -ist	-istului	unor -iști	-iștilor

Related terms

• -ista
• -ism
• -tor

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Serbo-Croatian

Suffix

-ist

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a follower or a profession. Chiefly used for loanwords.