noun
Meaning 1
A person whose profession is to create documentary films.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
documentarian
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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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌdɒk.jʊ.mənˈtɛəɹi.ən/
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Received-Pronunciation: /-.mɛnˈ-/
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General-American: /ˌdɑ.kjʊ.mənˈtɛɹi.ən/
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General-American: /-.kjə.-/
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General-American: /-.mɛnˈ-/
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rhymes with -ɛəɹiən
noun
Meaning 2
A person who writes software documentation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A person who cares about communication and documentation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
Somebody who advocates the documentary hypothesis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, sometimes
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
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History
Etymology
From documentary + -an. From document + -arian.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: documentalista — person whose profession is to create documentary films
- Finnish: dokumentaristi — person whose profession is to create documentary films
- German: Dokumentarfilmer — person whose profession is to create documentary films
- German: Dokumentarfilmerin — person whose profession is to create documentary films
- German: Dokumentarist — person whose profession is to create documentary films
- German: Dokumentaristin — person whose profession is to create documentary films
- Polish: dokumentalista — person whose profession is to create documentary films
- Portuguese: documentarista — person whose profession is to create documentary films
- Spanish: documentalista — person whose profession is to create documentary films
- Swedish: dokumentärfilmare — person whose profession is to create documentary films