plagiarist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin plagium

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Latin plagiārius

English plagiary

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 -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English plagiarist

From plagiary + -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪd͡ʒəɹɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

plagiarist (plural plagiarists)

1. One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief. [1670s]

   Synonyms: plagiarizer, (archaic) plagiary, (uncommon) plagiator

Derived terms

• plagiaristic

Translations

one who plagiarizes

• Arabic: مُنتحِل
• Belarusian: плагія́тар m (plahijátar), плагія́тарка (plahijátarka)
• Bulgarian: плагиат (bg) m (plagiat)
• Catalan: plagiari m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 剽竊者 / 剽窃者 (piāoqièzhě), 抄襲者 / 抄袭者 (zh) (chāoxízhě)

• Czech: plagiátor (cs) m, plagiátorka f
• Esperanto: plagiatisto
• Finnish: plagioija (fi)
• French: plagiaire (fr) m or f
• Georgian: პლაგიატორი (ka) (ṗlagiaṭori)
• German: Plagiator (de) m, Plagiatorin (de) f
• Greek: λογοκλόπος (el) m or f (logoklópos)
• Italian: plagiatore (it) m, plagiatrice f
• Occitan: plagiari (oc) m
• Polish: plagiator (pl) m, plagiatorka (pl) f
• Portuguese: plagiador (pt) m, plagiário (pt) m
• Romanian: plagiator (ro) m
• Russian: плагиа́тор (ru) m (plagiátor), плагиа́торша (ru) f (plagiátorša)
• Slovak: plagiátor m, plagiátorka f
• Spanish: plagiador (es) m, plagiario (es) m
• Swedish: fuskare (sv) c, plagiator (sv) c
• Telugu: ఛాయాచోరకవి (chāyācōrakavi)
• Turkish: intihalci
• Ukrainian: плагіа́тор m (plahiátor), плагіа́торка f (plahiátorka)

Further reading

• “plagiarist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “plagiarist”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.