correspondent

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin, via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French or directly, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin correspondēns, present participle of correspondeō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɒɹɪˈspɒndənt/
• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔɹɪˈspɑndənt/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

correspondent (comparative more correspondent, superlative most correspondent)

1. Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.
   • (Can we date this quote by Hooker and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law.

1577, “Constantinus the Emperour Summoneth the Nicene Councell”, in Meredith Hanmer, transl., The Avncient Ecclesiasticall Histories of the First Six Hundred Yeares after Christ, translation of original by Eusebius Pamphilus, page 225:

[VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs.

1. (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

• Bulgarian: съответен (bg) (sǎotveten)
• Dutch: overeenkomend (nl), overeenstemmend (nl)
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• Russian: согла́сный (ru) m (soglásnyj), соотве́тственный (ru) m (sootvétstvennyj)

Noun

correspondent (plural correspondents)

1. Someone who or something which corresponds.
2. Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.
3. A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

Hyponyms

• stringer

Derived terms

• correspondential
• correspondently
• correspondentship
• foreign correspondent

 

Translations

one who corresponds

• Dutch: correspondent (nl) m
• Manx: co-screeuder m
• Russian: корреспонде́нт (ru) (korrespondént)
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• Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhaiche m
• Volapük: spodan (vo)

journalist

• Catalan: corresponsal (ca) m or f
• Dutch: correspondent (nl) m
• Finnish: kirjeenvaihtaja (fi)
• Georgian: კორესპონდენტი (ḳoresṗondenṭi)
• German: Korrespondent (de) m, Korrespondentin (de) f
• Greek: ανταποκριτής (el) m (antapokritís), ανταποκρίτρια (el) f (antapokrítria)
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• Russian: корреспонде́нт (ru) (korrespondént)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhaiche m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: korespondent m, korespondentka f

• Spanish: corresponsal m or f
• Swedish: korrespondent (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} кореспондент (bg) (korespondent), ^{(please verify)} дописник (bg) (dopisnik)
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• Norman: ^{(please verify)} correspondent m (Jersey)

See also

• corespondent
• Correspondent in Wikipedia

References

• “correspondent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• (before 1996) korrespondent

Etymology

From Middle French correspondant, correspondent.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cor‧res‧pon‧dent

Noun

correspondent m or f (plural correspondenten, diminutive correspondentje n)

1. correspondent

Related terms

• corresponderen

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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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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) correspondent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of correspondeō

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Norman

Etymology

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Noun

correspondent m (plural correspondents, feminine correspondente)

1. (Jersey) correspondent