optimist

See also: Optimist

English

Etymology

From French optimiste, from Latin optimus (“best”).

Pronunciation

Noun

optimist (plural optimists)

  1. a person who expects a favourable outcome
  2. a believer in optimism

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Translations

Danish

Noun

optimist c (singular definite optimisten, plural indefinite optimister)

  1. optimist
    Antonym: pessimist

Declension
Declension of optimist
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative optimist optimisten optimister optimisterne
genitive optimists optimistens optimisters optimisternes

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin optimus +‎ -ist

Pronunciation
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  • Hyphenation: op‧ti‧mist

Noun

optimist m (plural optimisten, diminutive optimistje n, feminine optimiste)

  1. optimist
    Antonym: pessimist

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

optimist m (definite singular optimisten, indefinite plural optimister, definite plural optimistene)

  1. an optimist (a person who expects a favourable outcome, or a believer in optimism)
    Antonym: pessimist

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

optimist m (definite singular optimisten, indefinite plural optimistar, definite plural optimistane)

  1. an optimist (as above)
    Antonym: pessimist

Derived terms

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Swedish

Noun

optimist c (definite singular optimisten, indefinite plural optimister, definite plural optimisterna)

  1. an optimist
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