-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. Doublet of -ista. Sense 1.9 is influenced by Esperanto -isto.

• IPA^(key): /-ɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (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

      cyclist, one who rides a (bi)cycle

      (dated) autoist, one who drives an automobile

      pianist, one who plays the piano

   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 with respect to a particular matter.

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

   9. a person who speaks or specializes in a (usually constructed) language.

      Esperantist, Tokiponist

• -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.

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 c

1. -ist, used to form nouns, usually relating to people, e.g. profession/occupation.

• “-ist” in Den Danske Ordbog

-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.

• IPA^(key): [ɪst]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

-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.

-ist

1. alternative form of -ost

Borrowed from French -iste.

• IPA^(key): [ist]

-ist m or n (feminine singular -istă, masculine plural -iști, feminine/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. (Croatia) Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a follower or a profession. Chiefly used for loanwords.

Borrowed from French -iste.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪst]

-ist c

1. -ist

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

   ‎anarki (“anarchy”) + ‎-ist → ‎anarkist (“anarchist”)

   ‎ras (“race”) + ‎-ist → ‎rasist (“racist”)

   ‎nykter (“sober”) + ‎-ist → ‎nykterist (“non-drinker, teetotaler”)

   ‎infanteri (“infantry”) + ‎-ist → ‎infanterist (“infantryman”)

   ‎miljöparti (“green party”) + ‎-ist → ‎miljöpartist (“member or supporter of a green party”)

   ‎70-tal(et) (“(the) 70s”) + ‎-ist → ‎70-talist (“person born in the 70s”)

• -ism