-ist

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Suffix 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 See also 2 Croatian 2.1 Suffix 3 Dutch 3.1 Suffix 3.1.1 Derived terms 4 German 4.1 Suffix 5 Romanian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Suffix 5.3.1 Declension 5.3.2 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

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

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-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

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[edit] See also

• -ista

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[edit] Croatian

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-ist

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

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-ist

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

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• componist
• gitarist
• toetsenist

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[edit] German

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-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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French -iste

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• IPA: [ist]

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

1. -ist

   pianist - pianist

   anarhist - anarchist

   rasist - rascist

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[edit] Related terms

• -ism
• -tor