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avant-gardist

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Related to or resembling the avant-garde.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; a member of the avant-garde.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English avant-garde Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English avant-gardist From avant-garde + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: авангарди́стки (avangardístki) — Translations
  • Belarusian: авангарды́ст (avanhardýst) — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Belarusian: авангарды́стка (avanhardýstka) — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Bulgarian: авангарди́ст (avangardíst) — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Estonian: avangardist — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Finnish: avantgardisti — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • French: avant-gardiste — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • German: Avantgardist — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • German: Avantgardistin — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Greek: αβανγκαρντιστής (avangkarntistís) — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Italian: avanguardista — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Macedonian: авангарди́ст (avangardíst) — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Macedonian: авангарди́стка (avangardístka) — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Norman: avantgardgiste — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Polish: awangardzista — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Polish: awangardzistka — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Polish: awangardysta — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Polish: awangardystka — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Romanian: avangardist — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Russian: авангарди́ст (avangardíst) — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Russian: авангарди́стка (avangardístka) — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Ukrainian: авангарди́ст (avanhardýst) — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde
  • Ukrainian: авангарди́стка (avanhardýstka) — a person who is avant-garde or espouses avant-garde points of view; member of the avant-garde