noun
Meaning 1
Someone who keeps a diary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
diarist
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈdaɪəɹɪst/
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noun
Meaning 2
someone who keeps a diary or journal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diary keeper, journalist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writer
Narrower terms: Pepys, Samuel Pepys
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English diary 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 diarist From diary + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: päiväkirjan kirjoittaja — one who keeps a diary
- French: diariste — one who keeps a diary
- German: Tagebuchschreiber — one who keeps a diary
- German: Tagebuchschreiberin — one who keeps a diary
- Greek: ημερολογιογράφος (imerologiográfos) — one who keeps a diary
- Irish: dialannaí — one who keeps a diary
- Italian: diarista — one who keeps a diary
- Macedonian: дневничар (dnevničar) — one who keeps a diary
- Polish: diarysta — one who keeps a diary
- Polish: diarystka — one who keeps a diary
- Portuguese: diarista — one who keeps a diary
- Spanish: diarista — one who keeps a diary
- Turkish: anı defteri yazan kimse — one who keeps a diary
- Turkish: anı defteri yazarı — one who keeps a diary
- Turkish: günlük tutan kimse — one who keeps a diary
- Turkish: hatıra defteri yazan kimse — one who keeps a diary
- Turkish: hatıra defteri yazarı — one who keeps a diary