Esperantist

English

Etymology

Calque of Esperanto esperantisto, from Esperanto +‎ -ist.

Adjective

Esperantist (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto

   Underlying every Esperanto enthusiast is the Esperantist ideal that the world would be a better place if everyone could understand each other better.

Noun

Esperantist (plural Esperantists)

1. A specialist or speaker of Esperanto, the international auxiliary language designed by L. L. Zamenhof.
   • 1914, Richard Bartholdt and A. Christen, Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education, U.S.Government Printing Office, Project Gutenberg transcription:

     A growing number of Esperantists all over the world are using the services of the U. E. A.

   • 1969, Eco-logos (volumes 15-16, page 124)

     It is said that many of the early Catholic Esperantists, in particular, were frightened by this prospect—and it is, indeed, true that the Catholic element in early Idism is striking.

Synonyms

• Esperantophone

Related terms

• Esperanto

Translations

specialist or speaker of Esperanto

• Afrikaans: Esperantis (af)
• Armenian: էսպերանտիստ (hy) (ēsperantist)
• Belarusian: эсперантыст m (espjerantyst)
• Breton: esperanteger m
• Bulgarian: есперантист m (esperantist), есперантистка f (esperantistka)
• Catalan: esperantista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 世界語主義者／世界语主义者, 世界语主义者 (shìjièyǔ zhǔyìzhě), 世界語者／世界语者 (Shìjièyǔ-zhě), 世界语者 (shìjièyǔzhě)

• Chuvash: эсперантçă (esperantçă)
• Czech: esperantista m
• Danish: esperantist c
• Dutch: esperantist (nl)
• Esperanto: esperantisto (eo)
• Estonian: esperantist
• Finnish: esperantisti (fi)
• French: espérantiste (fr) m or f, (speaker) espérantophone (fr) m or f
• German: Esperantist (de) m, Esperantistin (de) f
• Greek: εσπεραντιστής (el) m (esperantistís), εσπεραντίστρια f (esperantístria)
• Hebrew: אספרנטיסט (esperantist)
• Hungarian: eszperantista
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• Ido: Esperantisto
• Italian: esperantista (it) m or f, (speaker) esperantofono (it) m, esperantofona f
• Japanese: エスペランティスト (esuperantisuto)
• Korean: 에스페란티스토 (eseuperantiseuto)
• Norwegian: esperantist m
• Persian: اسپرانتیست
• Polish: esperantysta (pl) m, esperantystka (pl) f
• Portuguese: esperantista m or f
• Punjabi: ਐੱਸਪੇਰਾਂਤੀਸਤ m (aissaperāntīsat)
• Romanian: esperantist (ro) m, esperantistă (ro) f
• Russian: эсперанти́ст (ru) m (esperantíst), эсперанти́стка (ru) f (esperantístka)
• Serbo-Croatian: еспера̀нтист m, esperàntist (sh) m
• Slovak: esperantista m
• Spanish: esperantista m or f, (speaker) esperantófono m, esperantófona f
• Swedish: esperantist (sv) c
• Turkish: esperantist
• Ukrainian: есперантист m (esperantyst)
• Volapük: Sperantapükan (vo)
• West Frisian: esperantist

Anagrams

• repentistas

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Pronunciation

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Noun

Esperantist m (genitive Esperantisten, plural Esperantisten, feminine Esperantistin)

1. Esperantist