correspondent

English

Etymology

From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspndent-, stem of correspondens present participle of correspondere

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌkɒɹɛˈspɒndənt/, X-SAMPA: /%kQrE"spQnd@nt/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˌkɔːɹɛˈspɑːndənt/, X-SAMPA: /%kO:rE"spA:nd@nt/

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Adjective

correspondent (comparative more correspondent, superlative most correspondent)

1. Corresponding.
2. (with to or with) Conforming; obedient.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2

     ARIEL: Pardon, master: / I will be correspondent to command, / And do my spriting gently.

Translations

corresponding — see corresponding

conforming

• Dutch: overeenkomend (nl), overeenstemmend (nl)
• Russian: согласный (ru) (soglásnyj) m , соответственный (ru) (sootvétstvennyj) m 

Noun

correspondent (plural correspondents)

1. Someone who or something which corresponds.
2. A journalist who sends reports to his newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

Derived terms

• correspondential
• correspondently
• correspondentship

Hyponyms

• stringer

Translations

one who corresponds

• Dutch: correspondent (nl) m
• Manx: co-screeuder (gv) m
• Russian: корреспондент (ru) (korrespondént) 

• Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhaiche (gd) m
• Volapük: spodan (vo)

journalist

• Dutch: correspondent (nl) m
• Finnish: kirjeenvaihtaja (fi)
• Greek: ανταποκριτής (el) (andapokritís) m 
• Russian: корреспондент (ru) (korrespondént) 

• Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhaiche (gd) m
• Spanish: corresponsal (es) m
• Swedish: korrespondent (sv) c

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• Bulgarian: кореспондент, дописник

• Jèrriais: correspondent m

See also

• corespondent
• Correspondent in Wikipedia

References

• correspondent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Dutch

Noun

correspondent m, f (plural correspondenten, diminutive correspondentje)

1. correspondent

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French

Verb

correspondent

1. third-person plural present indicative of correspondre
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of correspondre

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Jèrriais

Noun

correspondent m (plural correspondents; feminine correspondente, plural correspondentes)

1. correspondent

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Latin

Verb

correspondent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of correspondeō