essayist

English

Etymology

From essay +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.seɪ.ɪst/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

essayist (plural essayists)

One who composes essays; a writer of short compositions.
She was an essayist whose frequent contributions to the editorial pages of major newspapers had a loyal following.

Coordinate terms

Translations

one who composes essays; a writer of short compositions

Catalan: assagista m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 散文家 (sǎnwénjiā)
Czech: esejista m
Finnish: esseisti (fi)
French: essayiste (fr) m or f
Galician: ensaísta m or f
German: Essayist m, Essayistin f
Greek: δοκιμιογράφος (el) m or f (dokimiográfos)
Irish: aistí m, scríbhneoir aistí m
Italian: saggista m

Japanese: エッセイスト (esseisuto)
Persian: مقاله‌نویس‎ (maqâle-nevis)
Polish: eseista (pl) m, eseistka (pl) f
Portuguese: ensaísta (pt) m or f
Romanian: eseist (ro) m, eseistă (ro) f
Russian: очерки́ст (ru) m (očerkíst), очерки́стка (ru) f (očerkístka), эссеи́ст (ru) m (essɛíst), эссеи́стка (ru) f (essɛístka)
Spanish: ensayista (es) m or f
Swedish: essäist (sv) c, essäförfattare c
Turkish: denemeci (tr), deneme yazarı
Welsh: traethodwr m

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