altruist

See also: Altruist and altrüist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos

Proto-Italic *aljos

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Italic *-teros

Proto-Italic *aliteros

Latin alterī

Vulgar Latin *alterui

Old French autrui

French autrui

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor.

Latin -ismuslbor.

French -isme

French altruismebor.

English altruism

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Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English altruist

See altruism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæltɹu.ɪst/, /ˈɔːltɹu.ɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

altruist (plural altruists)

1. A person who advocates or demonstrates altruism.

   Antonym: egoist

   This event couldn't have been possible without the efforts of the altruists who helped in their spare time.

Derived terms

• effective altruist
• nonaltruist

Related terms

• altruism
• altruistic

See also

• philanthropist

Translations

person imbued with altruism

• Bulgarian: алтруи́ст (bg) m (altruíst), алтруи́стка f (altruístka)
• Catalan: altruista (ca) m or f
• Czech: altruista (cs) m
• Danish: altruist c
• Dutch: altruïst (nl) m, altruïste (nl) f
• Finnish: altruisti (fi)
• French: altruiste (fr) m or f
• Galician: altruísta m or f
• Greek: αλτρουιστής (el) m (altrouistís)
• Hungarian: altruista (hu)
• Ido: altruisto (io)
• Norwegian: altruist m
• Polish: altruista (pl) m, altruistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: altruísta (pt) m or f
• Russian: альтруи́ст (ru) m (alʹtruíst), альтруи́стка (ru) f (alʹtruístka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алтруист m

  Latin: altruist (sh) m

• Slovak: altruista m
• Spanish: altruista (es) m or f
• Swedish: altruist (sv) c
• Turkish: altrüist (tr), diğerkâm (tr)
• Ukrainian: альтруї́ст (uk) m (alʹtrujíst), альтруї́стка (uk) f (alʹtrujístka)

Further reading

• Altruism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• titulars, ultraist

Albanian

Adjective

altruíst (feminine altruiste)

1. (literary) altruistic

Further reading

• “altruist”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “altruist”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French altruiste.

Adjective

altruist m or n (feminine singular altruistă, masculine plural altruiști, feminine/neuter plural altruiste)

1. altruistic

Declension

Declension of altruist

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	altruist		altruistă	altruiști	altruiste
	definite	altruistul		altruista	altruiștii	altruistele
genitive- dative	indefinite	altruist		altruiste	altruiști	altruiste
	definite	altruistului		altruistei	altruiștilor	altruistelor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

altruist m anim (Cyrillic spelling алтруист)

1. altruist

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Noun

altruist c

1. altruist

Declension

Declension of altruist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	altruist	altruists
	definite	altruisten	altruistens
plural	indefinite	altruister	altruisters
	definite	altruisterna	altruisternas

Related terms

• altruistisk
• altruism

References

• “altruist”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “altruist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• listruta