callista

Catalan

Etymology

From call +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kəˈʎis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kaˈʎis.ta]

Noun

callista m or f by sense (plural callistes)

1. pedicurist

   Synonym: pedicura

Further reading

• “callista”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Italian

Etymology

From callo +‎ -ista.

Noun

callista m or f by sense (masculine plural callisti, feminine plural calliste)

1. chiropodist

Further reading

• callista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• tallisca

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin callum

Spanish callo

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 callista

From callo + -ista.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaˈʝista/ [kaˈʝis.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): /kaˈʝista/ [kaˈʝis.t̪a] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈʎista/ [kaˈʎis.t̪a] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈʃista/ [kaˈʃis.t̪a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈʒista/ [kaˈʒis.t̪a] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈista/ [kaˈis.t̪a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: ca‧llis‧ta

Noun

callista m or f by sense (plural callistas)

1. chiropodist

Further reading

• “callista”, 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