noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkɒ.lə.mɪst/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkɒ.ləm.nɪst/
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General-American:/ˈkɑ.ləm.nɪst/
General-American:/ˈkɑ.lə.mɪst/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a sports columnist
a news columnist
a sporadic columnist
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a journalist who writes editorials
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: editorialist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: journalist
Narrower terms: newspaper columnist
History
Etymology
From column + -ist, from Latin and Greek, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwel-.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
عَمُود كَاتِب
(kātib ʕamūd)
— regular writer of a column
Armenian:
սյունակագիր
(syunakagir)
— regular writer of a column
Catalan:
columnista
— regular writer of a column
Czech:
sloupkař
— regular writer of a column
Danish:
klummeskriver
— regular writer of a column
Dutch:
columnist
— regular writer of a column
Dutch:
columniste
— regular writer of a column
French:
chroniqueur
— regular writer of a column
Galician:
columnista
— regular writer of a column
German:
Kolumnist
— regular writer of a column
German:
Kolumnistin
— regular writer of a column
Hindi:
स्तंभ-लेखक
(stambh-lekhak)
— regular writer of a column
Indonesian:
kolumnis
— regular writer of a column
Irish:
colúnaí
— regular writer of a column
Italian:
colonnista
— regular writer of a column
Malay:
kolumnis
— regular writer of a column
Marathi:
स्तंभलेखक
(stambhlekhak)
— regular writer of a column
Persian:
ستوننویس
— regular writer of a column
Polish:
felietonista
— regular writer of a column
Portuguese:
colunista
— regular writer of a column
Punjabi:
ਕਾਲਮ ਨਵੀਸ
(kālam navīs)
— regular writer of a column
Romanian:
columnist
— regular writer of a column
Romanian:
editorialist
— regular writer of a column
Romanian:
foiletonist
— regular writer of a column
Russian:
колумни́ст
(kolumníst)
— regular writer of a column
Scottish Gaelic:
colbhair
— regular writer of a column
Spanish:
columnista
— regular writer of a column
Spanish:
articulista
— regular writer of a column
Swedish:
krönikör
— regular writer of a column
Swedish:
kåsör
— regular writer of a column
Swedish:
kolumnist
— regular writer of a column
Tagalog:
manunudling
— regular writer of a column
Tagalog:
kolumnista
— regular writer of a column
Ukrainian:
колумни́ст
(kolumnýst)
— regular writer of a column
