"columnist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒ.lə.mɪst/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɒ.ləm.nɪst/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑ.ləm.nɪst/ [General-American], /ˈkɑ.lə.mɪst/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-columnist.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-columnist2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: columnists [plural]
Etymology: From column + -ist, from Latin and Greek, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|column|ist}} column + -ist, {{der|en|ine-pro|*kʷel-}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Head templates: {{en-noun}} columnist (plural columnists)
  1. A regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper Categories (topical): Occupations, People Derived forms: advice columnist, social columnist, society columnist Related terms: column, fifth columnist Translations (regular writer of a column): عَمُود كَاتِب (kātib ʕamūd) [masculine] (Arabic), սյունակագիր (syunakagir) (Armenian), columnista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), sloupkař [masculine] (Czech), klummeskriver [common-gender] (Danish), columnist [masculine, neuter] (Dutch), columniste [feminine] (Dutch), chroniqueur [masculine] (French), columnista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Kolumnist [masculine] (German), Kolumnistin [feminine] (German), kolumnis (Indonesian), colúnaí [masculine] (Irish), colonnista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), kolumnis (Malay), felietonista [masculine] (Polish), colunista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), ਕਾਲਮ ਨਵੀਸ (kālam navīs) [masculine] (Punjabi), columnist [masculine] (Romanian), editorialist [masculine] (Romanian), foiletonist [masculine] (Romanian), colbhair [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), columnista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), articulista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), krönikör [common-gender] (Swedish), kåsör [common-gender] (Swedish), kolumnist [common-gender] (Swedish), manunudling [rare] (Tagalog), kolumnista (Tagalog), kuncnuştoğ [masculine] (Zazaki), kuncnuştoğe [feminine] (Zazaki)

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "columnista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "regular writer of a column",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "articulista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "regular writer of a column",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "krönikör"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "regular writer of a column",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kåsör"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "regular writer of a column",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kolumnist"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "regular writer of a column",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "manunudling"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "regular writer of a column",
      "word": "kolumnista"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "regular writer of a column",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kuncnuştoğ"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "regular writer of a column",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kuncnuştoğe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "columnist"
}

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