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Esperantist

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

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adj

Meaning 1

Of, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Underlying every Esperanto enthusiast is the Esperantist ideal that the world would be a better place if everyone could understand each other better.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Esperantic

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

A specialist or speaker of Esperanto, the international auxiliary language designed by L. L. Zamenhof.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Esperantophone

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Calque of Esperanto esperantisto. Equivalent to Esperanto + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: esperantista — of, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto
  • Esperanto: esperanta — of, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto
  • Esperanto: esperanteca — of, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto
  • French: espérantiste — of, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto
  • Polish: esperancki — of, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto
  • Portuguese: esperantista — of, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto
  • Spanish: esperantista — of, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto
  • Afrikaans: Esperantis — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Armenian: էսպերանտիստ (ēsperantist) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Belarusian: эсперантыст (espjerantyst) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Breton: esperanteger — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Bulgarian: есперантист (esperantist) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Bulgarian: есперантистка (esperantistka) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Catalan: esperantista — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Chinese Mandarin: 世界語主義者 /世界语主义者 (shìjièyǔ zhǔyìzhě) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Chinese Mandarin: 世界語者 /世界语者 (shìjièyǔzhě) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Chuvash: эсперантҫӑ (esperantśă) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Czech: esperantista — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Czech: esperantistka — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Danish: esperantist — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Dutch: esperantist — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Dutch: esperantiste — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Esperanto: esperantisto — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Esperanto: esperantistiĉo — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Esperanto: esperantistino — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Esperanto: Esperantisto — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Esperanto: Esperantistiĉo — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Esperanto: Esperantistino — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Esperanto: esperantoparolanto — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Estonian: esperantist — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Finnish: esperantisti — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • French: espérantiste — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • French: espérantophone — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • West-Frisian: esperantist — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • German: Esperantist — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • German: Esperantistin — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Greek: εσπεραντιστής (esperantistís) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Greek: εσπεραντίστρια (esperantístria) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Hebrew: אספרנטיסט (esperantist) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Hungarian: eszperantista — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Ido: Esperantisto — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Ido: Esperantistulo — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Ido: Esperantistino — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Italian: esperantista — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Italian: esperantofono — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Italian: esperantofona — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Japanese: エスペランティスト (esuperantisuto) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Korean: 에스페란티스토 (eseuperantiseuto) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Lithuanian: esperántininkas — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Lithuanian: esperántininkė — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Norwegian Bokmål: esperantist — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: esperantist — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Persian: اسپرانتیست — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Polish: esperantysta — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Polish: esperantystka — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Portuguese: esperantista — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Punjabi: ਐੱਸਪੇਰਾਂਤੀਸਤ (aissaperāntīsat) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Romanian: esperantist — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Romanian: esperantistă — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Russian: эсперанти́ст (esperantíst) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Russian: эсперанти́стка (esperantístka) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Serbo-Croatian: еспера̀нтист — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Serbo-Croatian: esperàntist — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Slovak: esperantista — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Slovak: esperantistka — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Spanish: esperantista — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Spanish: esperantófono — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Spanish: esperantófona — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Swedish: esperantist — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Tagalog: Esperantista — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Turkish: esperantist — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Ukrainian: есперанти́ст (esperantýst) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Ukrainian: есперанти́стка (esperantýstka) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Volapük: Sperantapükan — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Volapük: hi-Sperantapükan — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Volapük: ji-Sperantapükan — specialist or speaker of Esperanto
  • Yiddish: עספּעראַנטיסט (esperantist) — specialist or speaker of Esperanto