correspondent

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English

Etymology

From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspondēns, present participle of correspondeō.

Pronunciation

Adjective

correspondent (comparative more correspondent, superlative most correspondent)

  1. Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.
    • 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J S, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, , London: Will Stansby , published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
      Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law.
    • 1577, “Constantinus the Emperour Summoneth the Nicene Councell”, in Meredith Hanmer, transl., The Avncient Ecclesiasticall Histories of the First Six Hundred Yeares after Christ, translation of original by Eusebius Pamphilus, page 225:
      e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs.
    • 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XII, in Duty and Inclination: , volume II, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 170:
      [] and he exhibited a picture of mental stupor and abstraction, dreadful for Oriana to contemplate! producing in her, as from magnetic attraction, correspondent emotions, which with the utmost difficulty she restrained.
  2. (with to or with) Conforming; obedient.

Translations

Noun

correspondent (plural correspondents)

  1. Someone who or something which corresponds.
  2. Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.
  3. A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

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Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French correspondant, correspondent, from Latin correspondens.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɔ.rɛs.pɔnˈdɛnt/, /ˌkɔ.rə.spɔnˈdɛnt/
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  • Hyphenation: cor‧res‧pon‧dent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

correspondent m (plural correspondenten, diminutive correspondentje n, feminine correspondente)

  1. a correspondent, in particular a reporter

Descendants

  • Indonesian: korèspondèn

French

Pronunciation

Verb

correspondent

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of correspondre

Latin

Verb

correspondent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of correspondeō

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

correspondent m (plural correspondents, feminine correspondente)

  1. (Jersey) correspondent