-ist

From Old French -iste and Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), from -ίζω (-ízō, “-ize, -ise”, verbal suffix) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, agent-noun suffix).

• IPA^(key): /-ɪst/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /-əst/
• (with weak-vowel merger) Homophone: -est

-ist

1. Added to words to form nouns denoting:
   1. a person with a particular creative or academic role;

      artist, one who makes art

      botanist, one who studies plants

      psychiatrist, one who practices psychiatry

   2. a person who uses a technological device of some kind;

      violinist, one who plays a violin

      bicyclist, one who rides a bicycle

      autoist, one who drives an automobile

   3. one who subscribes to a particular theological doctrine or religious denomination;

      Calvinist, Baptist, deist

      Note, these are related to -isms: Calvinism, deism

   4. one who owns or manages something;

      capitalist; industrialist

      Note, these are related to -isms: capitalism; industrialism

   5. one who has a certain political tendency;

      Marxist, fascist, pacifist, activist, environmentalist,

      Note, these are related to -isms: Marxism, fascism, pacifism

   6. a person who holds bigoted, partial views.

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

• -ast

• -er
• -ista
• -or

• 'its, 'tis, ITS, SIT, STI, Sit, TIS, TIs, it's, its, sit, tis

-ist m

1. appended to a word, it yields a noun which signifies the subject who performs something related to that word

• IPA^(key): [ɪst]

-ist m (plural -isten, feminine -istin, feminine plural -istinnen)

1. -ist

   Pianist - pianist

   Anarchist - anarchist

   Rassist - racist

Also see: Category:German words suffixed with -ist

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 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.

Borrowed from French -iste.

• IPA^(key): [ist]

-ist m or n (feminine singular -istă, masculine plural -iști, feminine and neuter plural -iste)

1. -ist

   pianist ― pianist

   anarhist ― anarchist

   rasist ― racist

• -ista
• -ism
• -tor

-ist (Cyrillic spelling -ист)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a follower or a profession. Chiefly used for loanwords.