Esperantist

See also: esperantist

English

Etymology

Calque of Esperanto esperantisto, from Esperanto +‎ ist.

Adjective

Esperantist (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto.

   Underlying every Esperanto enthusiast is the Esperantist ideal that the world would be a better place if everyone could understand each other better.

Noun

Esperantist (plural Esperantists)

1. A specialist or speaker of Esperanto, the international auxiliary language designed by L. L. Zamenhof.
   • 1914, Richard Bartholdt and A. Christen, Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education, U.S. Government Printing Office, Project Gutenberg transcription:

     A growing number of Esperantists all over the world are using the services of the U. E. A.

   • 1969, Eco-logos, volumes 15-16, page 124:

     It is said that many of the early Catholic Esperantists, in particular, were frightened by this prospect—and it is, indeed, true that the Catholic element in early Idism is striking.

Synonyms

(speaker of Esperanto):

• Esperantophone

Translations

specialist or speaker of Esperanto

• Afrikaans: Esperantis (af)
• Armenian: էսպերանտիստ (hy) (ēsperantist)
• Belarusian: эсперантыст m (espjerantyst)
• Breton: esperanteger m
• Bulgarian: есперантист m (esperantist), есперантистка f (esperantistka)
• Catalan: esperantista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 世界語主義者／世界语主义者 (shìjièyǔ zhǔyìzhě), 世界語者／世界语者 (zh) (shìjièyǔzhě)

• Chuvash: эсперантçă (esperantçă)
• Czech: esperantista m, esperantistka f
• Danish: esperantist c
• Dutch: esperantist (nl) m, esperantiste (nl) f
• Esperanto: esperantisto (eo), esperantistiĉo (male, neologism), esperantistino (female), Esperantisto (eo), Esperantistiĉo (male, neologism), Esperantistino (female), esperantoparolanto
• Estonian: esperantist
• Finnish: esperantisti (fi)
• French: espérantiste (fr) m or f, espérantophone (fr) m or f (speaker)
• German: Esperantist (de) m, Esperantistin (de) f
• Greek: εσπεραντιστής (el) m (esperantistís), εσπεραντίστρια f (esperantístria)
• Hebrew: אספרנטיסט‎ (esperantist)
• Hungarian: eszperantista (hu)
• Ido: Esperantisto, Esperantistulo (male), Esperantistino (female)
• Italian: esperantista (it) m or f, esperantofono m (speaker), esperantofona f (speaker)
• Japanese: エスペランティスト (esuperantisuto)
• Korean: 에스페란티스토 (eseuperantiseuto)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: esperantist m

  Nynorsk: esperantist m

• Persian: اسپرانتیست‎
• Polish: esperantysta (pl) m, esperantystka (pl) f
• Portuguese: esperantista m or f
• Punjabi: ਐੱਸਪੇਰਾਂਤੀਸਤ m (aissaperāntīsat)
• Romanian: esperantist (ro) m, esperantistă (ro) f
• Russian: эсперанти́ст (ru) m (esperantíst), эсперанти́стка (ru) f (esperantístka)
• Serbo-Croatian: еспера̀нтист m, esperàntist (sh) m
• Slovak: esperantista m, esperantistka f
• Spanish: esperantista m or f, esperantófono m (speaker), esperantófona f (speaker)
• Swedish: esperantist (sv) c
• Turkish: esperantist
• Ukrainian: есперанти́ст m (esperantýst), есперанти́стка f (esperantýstka)
• Volapük: Sperantapükan (vo), hi-Sperantapükan (male), ji-Sperantapükan (female)
• West Frisian: esperantist
• Yiddish: עספּעראַנטיסט‎ m (esperantist)

Anagrams

• repentistas

German

Etymology

Calque of Esperanto esperantisto, from Esperanto +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

Esperantist m (weak, genitive Esperantisten, plural Esperantisten, feminine Esperantistin)

1. Esperantist (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Esperantist [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Esperantist	die	Esperantisten
genitive	eines	des	Esperantisten	der	Esperantisten
dative	einem	dem	Esperantisten	den	Esperantisten
accusative	einen	den	Esperantisten	die	Esperantisten

Coordinate terms

• Idist
• Volapükist

Further reading

• “Esperantist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache