journalist
/ˈdʒɜːnələst/JUR-nuh-luhst
/ˈdʒɝnələst/JUR-nuh-luhst
Meaningone who keeps a journal
Common meaning: a person who writes or reports for the news
- journa day; dailyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 573 · scan
- aladjective ending: relating to
- ista person who does or follows
Journey through time
- Latindiēs; diurnus‘a day’
- Frenchjournal
- Englishjournal‘a daily record’
- Englishformed in English from journaljournalist‘a person who writes or reports for the news’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from journal + -ist.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), JOURNAL, p.310 · scan
Roots
- diēs; diurnus Latin “a day; daily”
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