Meanings
adjectiveEsperantist (not comparable)
- not comparableOf, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto.
Underlying every Esperanto enthusiast is the Esperantist ideal that the world would be a better place if everyone could understand each other better.
Synonyms: Esperantic
nounEsperantist (plural Esperantists)
plural Esperantists
- A specialist or speaker of Esperanto, the international auxiliary language designed by L. L. Zamenhof.
A growing number of Esperantists all over the world are using the services of the U. E. A.
1914, Richard Bartholdt and A. Christen, Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education, U.S. Government Printing Office, Project Gutenberg transcription1 more example
It is said that many of the early Catholic Esperantists, in particular, were frightened by this prospect—and it is, indeed, true that the Catholic element in early Idism is striking.
1969, Eco-logos, volumes 15-16, page 124Synonyms: Esperantophone
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto.
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nounA specialist or speaker of Esperanto, the international auxiliary language designed by L. L. Zamenhof.
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Origin
- Esperantoesperantisto
- EnglishEsperantist
Calque of Esperanto esperantisto. Equivalent to Esperanto + -ist.
More words from Esperanto
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Esperantis
- Esperantisspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Bulgarian есперантист, есперантистка
- есперантист (esperantist)specialist or speaker of Esperanto
- есперантистка (esperantistka)specialist or speaker of Esperanto
Catalan esperantista, esperantista
- esperantistaof, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto
- esperantistaspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Chinese Mandarin 世界語主義者 /世界语主义者, 世界語者 /世界语者
- 世界語主義者 /世界语主义者 (shìjièyǔ zhǔyìzhě)specialist or speaker of Esperanto
- 世界語者 /世界语者 (shìjièyǔzhě)specialist or speaker of Esperanto
Czech esperantista, esperantistka
- esperantistaspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- esperantistkaspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Danish esperantist
- esperantistspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Dutch esperantist, esperantiste
- esperantistspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- esperantistespecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Esperanto esperanta, esperanteca
- esperantaof, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto
- esperantecaof, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto
- esperantistospecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- esperantistiĉospecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- esperantistinospecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- Esperantistospecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- Esperantistiĉospecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- Esperantistinospecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- esperantoparolantospecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Estonian esperantist
- esperantistspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Finnish esperantisti
- esperantistispecialist or speaker of Esperanto
French espérantiste, espérantiste
- espérantisteof, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto
- espérantistespecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- espérantophonespecialist or speaker of Esperanto
German Esperantist, Esperantistin
- Esperantistspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- Esperantistinspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Greek εσπεραντιστής, εσπεραντίστρια
- εσπεραντιστής (esperantistís)specialist or speaker of Esperanto
- εσπεραντίστρια (esperantístria)specialist or speaker of Esperanto
Hebrew אספרנטיסט
- אספרנטיסט (esperantist)specialist or speaker of Esperanto
Hungarian eszperantista
- eszperantistaspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Italian esperantista, esperantofono
- esperantistaspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- esperantofonospecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- esperantofonaspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Japanese エスペランティスト
- エスペランティスト (esuperantisuto)specialist or speaker of Esperanto
Korean 에스페란티스토
- 에스페란티스토 (eseuperantiseuto)specialist or speaker of Esperanto
Lithuanian esperántininkas, esperántininkė
- esperántininkasspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- esperántininkėspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Norwegian Bokmål esperantist
- esperantistspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Persian اسپرانتیست
- اسپرانتیستspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Polish esperancki, esperantysta
- esperanckiof, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto
- esperantystaspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- esperantystkaspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Portuguese esperantista, esperantista
- esperantistaof, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto
- esperantistaspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Punjabi ਐੱਸਪੇਰਾਂਤੀਸਤ
- ਐੱਸਪੇਰਾਂਤੀਸਤ (aissaperāntīsat)specialist or speaker of Esperanto
Romanian esperantist, esperantistă
- esperantistspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- esperantistăspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Russian эсперанти́ст, эсперанти́стка
- эсперанти́ст (esperantíst)specialist or speaker of Esperanto
- эсперанти́стка (esperantístka)specialist or speaker of Esperanto
Slovak esperantista, esperantistka
- esperantistaspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- esperantistkaspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Spanish esperantista, esperantista
- esperantistaof, relating to, or characteristic of Esperanto
- esperantistaspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- esperantófonospecialist or speaker of Esperanto
- esperantófonaspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Swedish esperantist
- esperantistspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Tagalog Esperantista
- Esperantistaspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Turkish esperantist
- esperantistspecialist or speaker of Esperanto
Ukrainian есперанти́ст, есперанти́стка
- есперанти́ст (esperantýst)specialist or speaker of Esperanto
- есперанти́стка (esperantýstka)specialist or speaker of Esperanto
Yiddish עספּעראַנטיסט
- עספּעראַנטיסט (esperantist)specialist or speaker of Esperanto
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Esperantist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Esperantist
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