English Dictionary

-ist

IPA（発音記号）

/-ɪst/

接尾辞

形態素

a person who studies or practices a particular discipline; / a person who uses a device of some kind; / one who engages in a particular type of activity;

日本語の意味

ある学問や分野の研究者または実践者を表す接尾辞 / 特定の装置や道具の使用者を示す接尾辞 / ある特定の活動に従事する者を意味する接尾辞

To describe someone who studies life, add the suffix -ist to the root 'bio' to form 'biologist'.

生命を研究する人を表すには、語根「bio」にある分野を研究・実践する人を意味する接尾辞を付けて「biologist」にします。

意味（1）

a person who studies or practices a particular discipline;

botanist, one who studies plants

意味（2）

a person who uses a device of some kind;

violinist, one who plays a violin

意味（3）

one who engages in a particular type of activity;

adventurist, one who takes risks or goes on adventures

意味（4）

one who suffers from a specific condition or syndrome

autist, egoist

意味（5）

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

Buddhist, Baptist, monotheist

意味（6）

one who has a certain ideology or set of beliefs;

Marxist, modernist, nihilist, existentialist, fascist, pacifist, activist, environmentalist,

意味（7）

one who owns or manages something;

capitalist; industrialist

意味（8）

a person who holds bigoted, partial views.

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