alcista

See also: acistą

Polish

Alternative forms

• altysta

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós

Proto-Italic *altos

Latin altusder.

Polish alt

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Polish -ista

Polish alcista

From alt + -ista. First attested in 1815.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈt͡ɕis.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: al‧cis‧ta

Noun

alcista m pers (female equivalent alcistka)

1. (music, colloquial) alto saxophonist

   Synonym: altysta

2. (music) violist

   Synonyms: altowiolinista, altowiolista, altysta

3. (music) alto (person with an alto voice)

   Synonyms: alt, altysta

Declension

Declension of alcista

	singular	plural
nominative	alcista	alciści/alcisty (deprecative)
genitive	alcisty	alcistów
dative	alciście	alcistom
accusative	alcistę	alcistów
instrumental	alcistą	alcistami
locative	alciście	alcistach
vocative	alcisto	alciści

Related terms

adjectives

• altowy
• altówkowy

nouns

• alt
• altowiolinista
• altowiolinistka
• altowiolista
• altowiolistka
• altówka
• altysta
• altystka

Further reading

• “alcista”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “alcista”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “alcista”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aclista, altysta”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 22

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish alzardeverb.

Spanish alza

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Spanish -ista

Spanish alcista

From alza + -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈθista/ [al̟ˈθis.t̪a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /alˈsista/ [alˈsis.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: al‧cis‧ta

Adjective

alcista m or f (masculine and feminine plural alcistas)

1. (finance) upward, rising, bull-, bullish

   Antonym: bajista

Further reading

• “alcista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025