Meanings
nounbelletrist (plural belletrists)
plural belletrists
- A person who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres
Origin
- GermanBelletrist
- Englishbelletrist
Borrowed from German Belletrist, coined by Goethe. Equivalent to belles-lettres + -ist.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish belletrist
- belletristperson who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres
Dutch bellettrist
- bellettristperson who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres
Esperanto beletristo
- beletristoperson who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres
German Belletrist, Schöngeist
- Belletristperson who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres
- Schöngeistperson who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres
Polish beletrysta, beletrystka
- beletrystaperson who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres
- beletrystkaperson who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres
Swedish belletrist
- belletristperson who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres
Ukrainian белетри́ст, белетри́стка
- белетри́ст (beletrýst)person who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres
- белетри́стка (beletrýstka)person who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres
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APA
belletrist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belletrist
MLA
“belletrist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belletrist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “belletrist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belletrist.
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