folklorist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *fulkaz

Proto-Germanic *fulką

Proto-West Germanic *folk

Old English folc

Middle English folk

English folk

Proto-Indo-European *leys-

Proto-Indo-European *(le-)lóys-e

Proto-Germanic *lizaną

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Germanic *-janą

Proto-Germanic *laizijaną

Proto-Germanic *laizō

Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu

Old English lār

Middle English lore

English lore

English folklore

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

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 folklorist

From folklore + -ist.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊklɔɹɪst/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

folklorist (plural folklorists)

1. A person who studies or collects folklore

Derived terms

• nonfolklorist

Translations

a person who studies or collects folklore

• Catalan: folklorista m or f
• Dutch: folklorist (nl) m
• Finnish: folkloristi (fi), kansanperinteen tutkija, perinteentutkija, kansanperinteentutkija
• French: folkloriste (fr) m or f
• Greek: λαογράφος (el) m or f (laográfos)
• Hungarian: folklorista (hu)
• Irish: béaloideasaí m
• Italian: folclorista m or f
• Kazakh: фольклортанушы (folʹklortanuwšı)
• Macedonian: фолклорист m (folklorist), фолклористка f (folkloristka)
• Polish: folklorysta (pl) m, folklorystka (pl) f
• Russian: фольклори́ст (ru) m (folʹkloríst)
• Serbo-Croatian: folklorist (sh) m
• Spanish: folklorista (es) m or f, folclorista (es) m or f
• Swedish: folklorist (sv) c

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• folklòrista (Bosnia, Serbia)

Etymology

From fòlklōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /folklǒrist/
• Hyphenation: fol‧klo‧rist

Noun

folklòrist m anim (Cyrillic spelling фолкло̀рист)

1. folklorist

Declension

Declension of folklorist

	singular	plural
nominative	folklorist	folkloristi
genitive	folklorista	folklorista
dative	folkloristu	folkloristima
accusative	folklorista	folkloriste
vocative	folkloriste	folkloristi
locative	folkloristu	folkloristima
instrumental	folkloristom	folkloristima

References

• “folklorist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026