FromSpanish-ista inSandinista (1930s).Doublet of-ist.

• IPA^(key): /-ˈistə/

-ista

1. Forms nouns denoting one who follows aprinciple; anadept.

   ‎fashion + ‎-ista → ‎fashionista

   ‎Marx + ‎-ista → ‎Marxista

   ‎Lincoln + ‎-ista → ‎Lincolnista

Words formed using this suffix usually have more of a pejorative connotation than related words formed using-ist. Historically, this connotation tended to be associated withsocialism (in reference toSandinistas), but may also connote a general connection to Latin America or apolitical pejorativeness.

• Asti,IAST,IATs,Sati,Sita,Stai,TIAS,TIAs,Tais,Tisa,Tsai,aits,itas,sati,tais

Borrowed fromLatin-ista, fromAncient Greek-ιστής(-istḗs).

-ista m orfby sense (noun-forming suffix,plural-istes)

1. -ist

• -isme

• “-ista”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025
• “-ista” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Borrowed fromLatin-ista.

• IPA^(key): [ ɪsta]
• Rhymes:-ɪsta

-ista m anim (noun-forming suffix)

1. -ist

   ‎puč + ‎-ista → ‎pučista

2. -er

   ‎snowboard + ‎-ista → ‎snowboardista

• -ista inSlovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

FromProto-Finnic*-istak.

• IPA^(key): /-istɑˣ/,[-is̠tɑ̝(ʔ)]

-ista (front vowel harmony variant-istä,stem-ise-,linguistic notation-ise-or-istA)

1. Formsfrequentative verbs, often from onomatopoeic stems.

• asti,sait,sati,siat

Learned borrowing fromLatin-ista, fromAncient Greek-ιστής(-istḗs).

-ista m orfby sense (noun-forming suffix,plural-istas)

1. -ist

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• -ismo

FromLatin-ista, fromAncient Greek-ιστής(-istḗs).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [iʃtɒ]
• Hyphenation:is‧ta
• Rhymes:-tɒ

-ista

1. (noun-forming suffix)-ist
   1. One who follows aprinciple or system of belief.

      ‎tao(“tao”) + ‎-ista → ‎taoista(“Taoist”)

      Note, these are related to-izmus, e.g.taoizmus(“Taoism”).

   2. A member of a profession or one interested in something.

      komponista(“composer, one who creates music”)

   3. A person who uses something.

      ‎zongora(“piano”) + ‎-ista → ‎zongorista(“pianist”)

   4. A person who holds certain views or values.

      rasszista(“racist”)

2. (adjective-forming suffix)-istic

   klasszicista(“classicistic”)

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Borrowed fromEnglish-ist,French-iste,Italian-ista,Portuguese-ista/Spanish-ista,Russian-ист(-ist), all ultimately fromLatin-ista, fromAncient Greek-ιστής(-istḗs).

• IPA^(key): /ˈista/

1=n

-ista

1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a person who practises an art or science;-ist

   Synonyms:-ario,-ero

   ‎biologia(“biology”) + ‎-ista → ‎biologista(“biologist”)

   ‎tympano(“drum”) + ‎-ista → ‎tympanista(“drummer, tympanist”)

   ‎saxophono(“saxophone”) + ‎-ista → ‎saxophonista(“saxophonist”)

2. forms nouns from nouns, denoting an adherent of a doctrine;-ist

   Synonyms:-ana,-ano,-ita

   ‎Calvin(“Calvin”) + ‎-ista → ‎calvinista(“Calvinist”)

   ‎social(“social”) + ‎-ista → ‎socialista(“socialista”)

   ‎collaboration(“collaboration”) + ‎-ista → ‎collaborationist(“collaborationist”)

• This suffix is often parallel to abstract nouns in-ismo, adjectives in-ista and verbs in-isar.
• Despite ending in a, this suffix is used for both females and males.

• Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955)Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language,→ISBN

Borrowed fromLatin-ista, fromAncient Greek-ιστής(-istḗs).

-ista m orfby sense (noun-forming suffix,masculine plural-isti,feminine plural-iste)

1. -ist

• -ismo
• -istico

• -asti,Asti,asti,sita,stai,stia

• -istēs

FromAncient Greek-ιστής(-istḗs), from the stems of verbs in-ίζω(-ízō) + the masculine agent noun suffix-τής(-tḗs).

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /is.ta/,[ɪs̠t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /is.ta/,[ist̪ä]

-ista m (genitive-istae);first declension

1. -ist; one whopractises orbelieves.

The suffix-ista is added to a noun base to form anoun. It is seldom formative in Latin, usually being borrowed as part of an Ancient Greek word to which the suffix-ιστής(-istḗs) was added.

First-declension noun.

• -ismus

FromPortuguese-ista.

• IPA^(key): /ˈiʃta/,/ˈiʃtɐ/,/ˈista/

-ista

1. suffix added to words to form agent nouns;-ist

   ‎Cantonese白粉(baak⁶ fan²,“heroin”) + ‎-ista → ‎pacfanista(“drug addict”)

• As with-êro, generally only productive with non-Portuguese/Macanese roots.

• -ysta

Learned borrowing fromLatin-ista.

• IPA^(key): /ˈis.ta/

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• Rhymes:-ista
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-ista m

1. added to words to form names of activity's performers or professions;-ist

   ‎czołg + ‎-ista → ‎czołgista