essayist

English

Etymology

From essay +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.seɪ.ɪst/

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Noun

essayist (plural essayists)

1. One who composes essays; a writer of short compositions.

   She was an essayist whose frequent contributions to the editorial pages of major newspapers had a loyal following.

Coordinate terms

• author
• novelist

Translations

one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions

• Catalan: assagista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 散文家 (sǎnwénjiā)

• Czech: esejista m
• Finnish: esseisti (fi)
• French: essayiste (fr) m or f
• Galician: ensaísta m or f
• German: Essayist m, Essayistin f
• Greek: δοκιμιογράφος (el) m or f (dokimiográfos)
• Irish: aistí m, scríbhneoir aistí m
• Italian: saggista m
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• Japanese: エッセイスト (esseisuto)
• Persian: مقاله‌نویس (maqâle-nevis)
• Polish: eseista (pl) m, eseistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: ensaísta (pt) m or f
• Romanian: eseist (ro) m, eseistă (ro) f
• Russian: очерки́ст (ru) m (očerkíst), очерки́стка (ru) f (očerkístka), эссеи́ст (ru) m (essɛíst), эссеи́стка (ru) f (essɛístka)
• Spanish: ensayista (es) m or f
• Swedish: essäist (sv) c, essäförfattare c
• Turkish: denemeci (tr), deneme yazarı
• Welsh: traethodwr m