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Webster 1913 Edition

Journalist

Jour′nal-ist

Noun.

[Cf. F.

journaliste

One who keeps a journal or diary; a diarist.

[Obs.]

Mickle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Journalist

JOURNALIST

Noun.

jur'nalist. The writer of a journal or diary.

Definition 2024

Journalist

See also: journalist

German

Noun

Journalist m ‎(genitive Journalisten, plural Journalisten, feminine Journalistin)

journalist

Declension

Declension of Journalist

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Journalist	die	Journalisten
genitive	eines	des	Journalisten	der	Journalisten
dative	einem	dem	Journalisten	den	Journalisten
accusative	einen	den	Journalisten	die	Journalisten

Synonyms

Derived terms

journalist

See also: Journalist

English

Noun

journalist ‎(plural journalists)

(originally) The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly.
One whose occupation or is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.
A reporter, who professionally does living reporting on news and current events.
- 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
  British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.

Related terms

journalese

Hyponyms

presstitute

Translations

keeper of a personal journal

Dutch: dagboekschrijver m
Greek: ημερολογιογράφος m, f ‎(imerologiográfos)

Norwegian:

Bokmål: journalfører m, rullefører (no) m (military use)

Nynorsk: journalførar

one whose occupation or profession is journalism

Albanian: gazetar (sq) m
Arabic: مُرَاسِل m ‎(murāsil), مُرَاسِلَة f ‎(murāsila), صَحَافِيّ m ‎(ṣaḥāfiyy), صَحَفِيَّة f ‎(ṣaḥafiyya)
Armenian: լրագրող (hy) ‎(lragroł)
Asturian: periodista m, f
Azeri: jurnalist (az), qəzetçi
Bashkir: журналист ‎(žurnalist)
Basque: kazetari
Belarusian: журналі́ст m ‎(žurnalíst), журналі́стка f ‎(žurnalístka), часапісец m ‎(časapisjec)
Bengali: জার্নালিস্ট ‎(jarnalisţ)
Bulgarian: журнали́ст (bg) m ‎(žurnalíst), журнали́стка f ‎(žurnalístka)
Burmese: သတင်းစာဆရာ (my) ‎(sa.tang:cahca.ra)
Catalan: periodista m, f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 記者 (zh), 记者 (zh) ‎(jìzhě)
Czech: novinář (cs) m, novinářka f, žurnalista (cs) m
Danish: journalist (da) c
Dutch: journalist (nl) m
Esperanto: ĵurnalisto
Estonian: ajakirjanik (et)
Finnish: lehtimies (fi), toimittaja (fi), journalisti (fi)
French: journaliste (fr) m, f
Galician: periodista m, f, xornalista (gl) m, f
Georgian: ჟურნალისტი ‎(žurnalisṭi)
German: Journalist (de) m, Journalistin (de) f
Greek: δημοσιογράφος (el) m, f ‎(dimosiográfos)
Haitian Creole: jounalis
Hebrew: עיתונאי \ עִתּוֹנַאי (he) m ‎(‘itóna'í), עיתונאית f ‎(itonaít)
Hindi: पत्रकार (hi) m, f ‎(patrakār), संवावदाता m ‎(sanvāvdātā)
Hungarian: újságíró (hu)
Icelandic: blaðamaður (is) m
Indonesian: wartawan (id), jurnalis (id)
Interlingua: jornalista
Irish: iriseoir (ga) m
Italian: giornalista (it) m, f
Japanese: 記者 (ja) ‎(きしゃ, kisha), ジャーナリスト ‎(jānarisuto)
Kazakh: журналист (kk) ‎(jwrnalïst)
Khmer: អ្នកកាសែ ‎(neak kaasaet)
Korean: 기자 (ko) ‎(gija) (記者 (ko)), 저널리스트 ‎(jeoneolliseuteu)
Kyrgyz: журналист (ky) ‎(curnalist)

Lao: ນັກຂ່າວ (lo) ‎(nak khāo), ຄົນຫນັງສືພິມ ‎(khon nang sư̄ phim), ນັກສື່ຂ່າວ ‎(nak sư̄ khāo)
Latvian: žurnālists m
Lithuanian: žurnalistas m
Macedonian: новинар m ‎(novinar), новинарка f ‎(novinarka)
Malay: wartawan
Maltese: ġurnalista m
Mongolian: сэтгүүлч (mn) ‎(setgüülč)
Norman: journaliste m, f
Norwegian: journalist (no) m
Occitan: jornalista m, f
Persian: روزنامه‌نگار (fa) ‎(ruznâme-negâr), ژورنالیست (fa) ‎(žurnâlist)
Polish: dziennikarz (pl) m, dziennikarka (pl) f
Portuguese: jornalista (pt) m, f, periodista (pt) m, f
Romanian: ziarist (ro) m, gazetar (ro) m
Russian: журнали́ст (ru) m ‎(žurnalíst), журнали́стка (ru) f ‎(žurnalístka), газе́тчик (ru) m ‎(gazétčik), газе́тчица (ru) f ‎(gazétčica)
Scottish Gaelic: naidheachdair m, neach-naidheachd m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: новинар m, новинарка f

Roman: novinar (sh) m, novinarka (sh) f
Slovak: novinár m, novinárka f
Slovene: novinar (sl) m, novinarka f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: žurnalist m, žurnalistka f
Spanish: periodista (es) m, f
Swedish: journalist (sv) c
Tajik: рӯзноманигор ‎(rüznomanigor), журналист ‎(žurnalist), хабарнигор ‎(xabarnigor)
Telugu: విలేఖరి (te) ‎(vilēkhari)
Thai: นักข่าว (th) ‎(nákkhàào)
Turkish: gazeteci (tr)
Turkmen: žurnalist
Ukrainian: журналі́ст m ‎(žurnalíst), журналі́стка f ‎(žurnalístka)
Urdu: اخبار نویس m, f ‎(axbār navīs), صحافی m ‎(sahāfī)
Uzbek: jurnalist (uz)
Vietnamese: nhà báo (vi), ký giả (vi) (記者)
Welsh: newyddiadurwr (cy) m
Yiddish: זשורנאַליסט m ‎(zhurnalist)
Zazaki: rocnamewan m, rocnamewane f

reporter

Arabic: مُرَاسِل m ‎(murāsil), مُرَاسِلَة f ‎(murāsila), صَحَافِيّ m ‎(ṣaḥāfiyy)
Armenian: թղթակից (hy) ‎(tʿłtʿakicʿ), լրագրող (hy) ‎(lragroł)
Belarusian: рэпарцёр m ‎(reparcjór), карэспандэ́нт m ‎(karespandént), журналі́ст m ‎(žurnalíst)
Catalan: periodista m, f
Chinese:

Cantonese: 記者, 记者 ‎(gei³ ze²)

Mandarin: 記者 (zh), 记者 (zh) ‎(jìzhě)
Czech: novinář (cs) m
Danish: journalist (da) c
Dutch: journalist (nl) m, reporter (nl) m, verslaggever (nl) m
Esperanto: gazetisto, gazetistino
Estonian: ajakirjanik (et)
Finnish: toimittaja (fi), reportteri, journalisti (fi)
French: journaliste (fr) m, f
German: Journalist (de) m, Journalistin (de) f, Reporter (de) m, Reporterin f
Greek: δημοσιογράφος (el) m, f ‎(dimosiográfos)
Italian: giornalista (it) m, f, reporter (it) m, f
Japanese: 記者 (ja) ‎(きしゃ, kisha), 報告者 ‎(ほうこくしゃ, hōkokusha), ジャーナリスト ‎(jānarisuto), リポーター ‎(ripōtā)

Korean: 기자 (ko) ‎(gija) (記者 (ko)), 보고자 ‎(bogoja) (報告者)
Norman: journaliste m, f
Norwegian: journalist (no) m, reporter m
Polish: dziennikarz (pl) m, dziennikarka (pl) f
Portuguese: repórter (pt) m, f, jornalista (pt) m, f
Russian: репортёр (ru) m ‎(reportjór), репортёрша (ru) f ‎(reportjórša), корреспонде́нт (ru) m ‎(korrespondént), корреспонде́нтка (ru) f ‎(korrespondéntka), журнали́ст (ru) m ‎(žurnalíst), журнали́стка (ru) f ‎(žurnalístka)
Scottish Gaelic: naidheachdair m, neach-naidheachd m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: новинар m, новинарка f, дописник m, дописница f, извештач m

Roman: novinar (sh) m, novinarka (sh) f, dopisnik (sh) m, dopisnica (sh) f, izveštač (sh) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: žurnalist m, žurnalistka f
Spanish: periodista (es) m, f, reportero (es) m
Swahili: mwanahabari
Swedish: journalist (sv) c
Telugu: విలేఖరి (te) ‎(vilēkhari)
Ukrainian: репорте́р m ‎(reportér), кореспонде́нт (uk) m ‎(korespondént), журналі́ст m ‎(žurnalíst)

Danish

Etymology

journal +‎ -ist

Noun

journalist c (singular definite journalisten, plural indefinite journalister)

(journalism) a journalist, a reporter (reporter on a newspaper)

Inflection

Inflection of journalist

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	journalist	journalisten	journalister	journalisterne
genitive	journalists	journalistens	journalisters	journalisternes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒuːrnaːˈlɪst/
Hyphenation: jour‧na‧list

Etymology

From journaal +‎ -ist.

Noun

journalist m ‎(plural journalisten, diminutive journalistje n)

press journalist

Synonyms

Derived terms

journalistisch
journalistiek
krantenjournalist
radioljournalist
riooljournalist
tv-journalist

Related terms

journalisme

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

journalist m ‎(definite singular journalisten, indefinite plural journalister, definite plural journalistene)

a journalist

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃurnalist/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

journalist m ‎(definite singular journalisten, indefinite plural journalistar, definite plural journalistane)

journalist

Swedish

Etymology

journal +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɧʊrnaˈlɪst/

Noun

journalist c

a journalist

Declension

Inflection of journalist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	journalist	journalisten	journalister	journalisterna
Genitive	journalists	journalistens	journalisters	journalisternas

Related terms

grävande journalist
journalistförbund
journalisthögskola
journalistik
journalistisk
journalistklubb
journalistkort
journalistkår
journalistpris
journalistuppbåd
journalistutbildning
journalistyrket
nyhetsjournalist
sportjournalist
vetenskapsjournalist

References

journalist in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Journalist

Jour′nal-ist

Webster 1828 Edition

Journalist

JOURNALIST

Definition 2024

Journalist

Journalist

German

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

journalist

journalist

English

Noun

Related terms

Hyponyms

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Danish

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Dutch

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Noun

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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