-ologist

See also: ologist

English

Suffix

-ologist

Alternative spelling of -logist (“one who studies a subject”)

Usage notes

Relatively few terms are directly derived using this suffix. Terms ending in logist are often derived from words formed in other languages or by suffixing -ist to a word ending in logy, as biologist = biology + -ist and theologist = theology + -ist, and snowologist = snowology + -ist.

Derived terms

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See also -logy

Translations

alternative spelling of -logist

Dutch: -oloog m, -ologe f
Esperanto: -ologo
Finnish: -ologi, -tieteilijä (fi)
French: -ologue m or f
German: -ologe m

Hungarian: -ológus
Italian: -ologo m, -ologa f
Spanish: -ólogo m, -óloga f
West Frisian: -olooch, -ologe

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