-ist

From Middle English -ist, -iste, from Old French -iste and Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), from -ίζω (-ízō, “-ize, -ise”, verbal suffix) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, agent-noun suffix). Equivalent to -ism +‎ -t.

• IPA^(key): /-ɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /-əst/
• Homophone: -est

-ist

1. Added to words to form nouns denoting:
   1. a person who studies or practices a particular discipline;

      botanist, one who studies plants

      psychiatrist, one who practices psychiatry

   2. a person who uses a device of some kind;

      violinist, one who plays a violin

      bicyclist, one who rides a bicycle

      autoist, one who drives an automobile

      pianist, one who plays the piano

      vapist, one who uses a vaping device

   3. one who engages in a particular type of activity;

      adventurist, one who takes risks or goes on adventures

      artist, one who makes art

      bigamist, one who commits bigamy

      terrorist, one who causes terror

      tourist, one who tours

      Note, many of these are related to -isms: adventurism, terrorism, tourism

   4. one who suffers from a specific condition or syndrome

      autist, egoist

      Note, these are related to -isms: autism, egoism

   5. one who subscribes to a particular theological doctrine or religious denomination;

      Buddhist, Baptist, monotheist

      Note, these are related to -isms: Buddhism, monotheism

   6. one who has a certain ideology or set of beliefs;

      Marxist, modernist, nihilist, existentialist, fascist, pacifist, activist, environmentalist,

      Note, these are related to -isms: Marxism, modernism, nihilism, existentialism, fascism, pacifism

   7. one who owns or manages something;

      capitalist; industrialist

      Note, these are related to -isms: capitalism; industrialism

   8. a person who holds bigoted, partial views.

      sexist, racist: Note, these are related to -isms: sexism, racism

• -ast

• -er
• -ista
• -ite
• -or

• SIT, 'tis, Sit, its, its', TIs, t'is, tis, STI, TIS, sit, 'its, it's, TSI, ITS, S.T.I.

-ist m

1. appended to a word, it yields a noun which signifies the subject who performs something related to that word

Borrowed from Latin -ista, reinforced by French -iste.

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-ist m (weak, genitive -isten, plural -isten, feminine -istin)

1. -ist

   ‎Piano (“piano”) + ‎-ist → ‎Pianist (“pianist”)

   ‎Anarchie (“anarchy”) + ‎-ist → ‎Anarchist (“anarchist”)

   ‎Putsch (“putsch, coup”) + ‎-ist → ‎Putschist (“putschist, coupist”)

• The suffix is productive in German, but generally only with non-native words or proper nouns. Exceptions include Harfenist, Lagerist, Putschist.

• Category:German terms suffixed with -ist

-ist

1. Alternative form of -est

   knowist, sendist, bitakist

From French -iste (“-ist, -istic”), from Latin -ista (“-ist; one who practises or believes”), from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), alternative form of -τής (-tḗs), from Proto-Hellenic *-tās, probably from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ (forms nouns representing state of being).

-ist m

1. used to form nouns, usually relating to people.

• “-ist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).

-ist m

1. used to form nouns, usually relating to people.

• “-ist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French -iste.

• IPA^(key):

-ist m or n (feminine singular -istă, masculine plural -iști, feminine and neuter plural -iste)

1. -ist

   pian +‎ -ist ― pianist (pianist)

   anarhie +‎ -ist ― anarhist (anarchist)

   rasă +‎ -ist ― rasist (racist)

• -istă
• -ism
• -tor

Borrowed from French -iste.

-ist (Cyrillic spelling -ист)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a follower or a profession. Chiefly used for loanwords.

Borrowed from French -iste.

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-ist c

1. -ist

   pianist ― pianist

   anarkist ― anarchist

   rasist ― racist

• -ism