"conversationalist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənəlɪst/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌkɑːnvɚˈseɪʃənəlɪst/ [US] Forms: conversationalists [plural]
Etymology: conversational + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|conversational|ist}} conversational + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} conversationalist (plural conversationalists)
  1. A person who participates in a conversation. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who participates in a conversation): keskustelija (Finnish), Gesprächspartner [masculine] (German), Plauderer [masculine] (German), conversatore [masculine] (Italian), conversatrice [feminine] (Italian), coloayrtagh [masculine] (Manx), ġespreca [masculine] (Old English), conversador [masculine] (Portuguese), conversadora [feminine] (Portuguese), conversador [masculine] (Spanish), conversadora [feminine] (Spanish), spikotan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hispikotan [masculine] (Volapük), jispikotan [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-conversationalist-en-noun-rP4zm-c4 Disambiguation of People: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'one who participates in a conversation': 63 37
  2. A person skilled in general conversation. Translations (one skilled in general conversation): falangueiro [masculine] (Galician), coloayrtagh [masculine] (Manx), ко̀зе̄р [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kòzēr [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), spikotälan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hispikotälan [masculine] (Volapük), jispikotälan [feminine] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-conversationalist-en-noun-E~5F5X2M Disambiguation of 'one skilled in general conversation': 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: deipnosophist

Inflected forms

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