medalist

English

Alternative forms

Four Olympic medalists

• medallist (UK)

Etymology

medal +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛdəlɪst/

Noun

medalist (plural medalists) (American spelling)

1. One who has received a medal; one who has medalled.

   Mark Spitz set a record as an Olympic gold medalist.

2. An engraver, designer or collector of medals.

Derived terms

• bronze medalist
• gold medalist
• silver medalist

Translations

one who has received a medal

• Asturian: medayista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獎章獲得者／奖章获得者, 奖章获得者 (jiǎngzhāng huòdézhě)

• Czech: medailista (cs) m
• French: médaillé (fr) m, médaillée (fr) f
• German: Medaillengewinner (de) m, Medaillengewinnerin (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: メダリスト (medarisuto)
• Korean: 메달리스트 (ko) (medalliseuteu)
• Polish: medalista (pl) m, medalistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: medalhista m or f
• Russian: медали́ст (ru) m (medalíst), медали́стка (ru) f (medalístka)
• Spanish: medallista (es) m or f

Anagrams

• Milstead, madliest, misdealt