columnist

English

Etymology

From column +‎ -ist, from Latin and Greek, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒ.lə.mɪst/, /ˈkɒ.ləm.nɪst/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Audio (Southern England)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.ləm.nɪst/, /ˈkɑ.lə.mɪst/

Noun

columnist (plural columnists)

1. A regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper

   a sports columnist

   a news columnist

   a sporadic columnist

Derived terms

• advice columnist
• social columnist
• society columnist

 

Translations

regular writer of a column

• Arabic: عَمُود كَاتِب (ar) m (kātib ʕamūd)
• Armenian: սյունակագիր (syunakagir)
• Catalan: columnista m or f
• Czech: sloupkař m
• Danish: klummeskriver c
• Dutch: columnist (nl) m or n, columniste (nl) f
• French: chroniqueur (fr) m
• Galician: columnista m or f
• German: Kolumnist (de) m, Kolumnistin (de) f
• Indonesian: kolumnis (id)
• Irish: colúnaí m
• Italian: colonnista m or f
• Malay: kolumnis
• Polish: felietonista (pl) m
• Portuguese: colunista (pt) m or f
• Punjabi: ਕਾਲਮ ਨਵੀਸ m (kālam navīs)
• Romanian: columnist (ro) m, editorialist m, foiletonist (ro) m
• Scottish Gaelic: colbhair m
• Spanish: columnista m or f, articulista (es) m or f
• Swedish: krönikör (sv) c, kåsör (sv) c, kolumnist (sv) c
• Tagalog: manunudling (rare), kolumnista
• Zazaki: kuncnuştoğ m, kuncnuştoğe f

See also

• column
• fifth columnist

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English columnist. Equivalent to column +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

columnist m (plural columnisten, diminutive columnistje n, feminine columniste)

1. a (male or unspecified) regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper; a columnist

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kolumnis