correspondent

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒɹɪˈspɒndənt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔɹɪˈspɑndənt/
Audio (US) (file)

AdjectiveEdit

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correspondent (comparative more correspondent, superlative most correspondent)

Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous.
- 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, J[ohn] S[penser], editor, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, OCLC 931154958, (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:
  [VV]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, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Duty and Inclination, volume II, London: Henry Colburn, 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.
(with to or with) Conforming; obedient.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:
  ARIEL Pardon, master: / I will be correspondent to command, / And do my spriting gently.

TranslationsEdit

corresponding — see corresponding

conforming

Bulgarian: съответен (bg) (sǎotveten)
Dutch: overeenkomend (nl), overeenstemmend (nl)
Russian: согла́сный (ru) m (soglásnyj), соотве́тственный (ru) m (sootvétstvennyj)

NounEdit

correspondent (plural correspondents)

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

HyponymsEdit

stringer

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

one who corresponds

Dutch: correspondent (nl) m
Hungarian: levelező (hu)
Italian: corrispondente (it) m or f
Manx: co-screeuder m
Russian: корреспонде́нт (ru) (korrespondént)
Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhaiche m
Volapük: spodan (vo)

journalist

Arabic: مُرَاسِل‎ m (murāsil), مُرَاسِلَة‎ f (murāsila)
Armenian: թղթակից (hy) (tʿłtʿakicʿ)
Azerbaijani: müxbir
Belarusian: карэспандэ́нт m (karespandént), карэспандэ́нтка f (karespandéntka), дапі́шчык m (dapíščyk), дапі́шчыца f (dapíščyca)
Bulgarian: кореспонде́нт (bg) m (korespondént), кореспонде́нтка f (korespondéntka)
Catalan: corresponsal (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 特派員／特派员 (zh) (tèpàiyuán) (special), 記者／记者 (zh) (jìzhě)
Czech: dopisovatel m, dopisovatelka f, korespondent m, korespondentka f
Danish: korrespondent c
Dutch: correspondent (nl) m
Estonian: korrespondent
Finnish: kirjeenvaihtaja (fi)
French: correspondant (fr) m, correspondante (fr) f
Georgian: კორესპონდენტი (ḳoresṗondenṭi)
German: Korrespondent (de) m, Korrespondentin (de) f
Greek: ανταποκριτής (el) m (antapokritís), ανταποκρίτρια (el) f (antapokrítria)
Hungarian: tudósító (hu)
Indonesian: koresponden (id)
Italian: corrispondente (it) m or f, inviato (it) m, inviata (it) f
Japanese: 通信員 (つうしんいん, tsūshin'in), 特派員 (ja) (とくはいん, tokuhain), 記者 (ja) (きしゃ, kisha)
Korean: 언론인(言論人) (ko) (eollonin), 특파원(特派員) (ko) (teukpawon) (foreign, special), 통신원(通信員) (tongsinwon), 기자(記者) (ko) (gija)
Macedonian: дописник m (dopisnik), дописничка f (dopisnička)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: сурвалжлагч (mn) (survalžlagč)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: korrespondent m
Persian: خبرنگار‎ (fa) (xabar-negâr)
Polish: korespondent (pl) m, korespondentka (pl) f
Romanian: corespondent (ro) m, corespondentă (ro) f
Russian: корреспонде́нт (ru) (korrespondént), корреспонде́нтка (ru) f (korrespondéntka)
Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhaiche m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: до̀писнӣк m, до̀писница f

Roman: dòpisnīk (sh) m, dòpisnica (sh) f
Slovak: dopisovateľ m, dopisovateľka f, korešpondent m, korešpondentka f
Slovene: dopisnik m, dopisnica f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: korespondent m, korespondentka f
Spanish: corresponsal m or f
Swedish: korrespondent (sv) c
Tajik: мухбир (muxbir), корреспондент (korrespondent), хабарнигор (tg) (xabarnigor)
Turkish: muhabir (tr)
Ukrainian: кореспонде́нт (uk) m (korespondént), кореспонде́нтка (uk) f (korespondéntka), допи́сувач m (dopýsuvač), допи́сувачка f (dopýsuvačka)
Vietnamese: phóng viên (vi)

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