-iste

See also: iste, işte, -ište, and -iště

Dutch

Etymology

From -ist +‎ -e.

Suffix

-iste

1. -ist in the female form

Dutch terms suffixed with -iste

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ist/

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Suffix

-iste m or f by sense (plural -istes)

1. -ist

Suffix

-iste (plural -istes)

1. -istic

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -iste

Descendants

• → Danish: -ist
• → English: -ist
• → Icelandic: -isti
• → Norwegian Bokmål: -ist
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: -ist
• → Romanian: -ist
• → Swedish: -ist
  • → Finnish: -isti
• → Turkish: -ist

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin -īvistis (via -īsti). Example: Italian finiste, from Latin finivistis.

Suffix

-iste (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

1. used with a stem to form the second-person plural past historic and imperfect subjunctive of regular -ire verbs

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• -isti (after masculine nouns)

Suffix

-iste f pl (non-lemma form of noun-forming suffix)

1. plural of -ista (after feminine nouns)

Anagrams

• -esti, seti, site, stie, tesi

Latvian

Etymology 1

Feminine form of -ists.

Suffix

-iste

1. Added to nouns to form feminine nouns denoting members/followers of a principle, religion, philosophy, lifestyle, or system of belief (usually named by words in -isms), or who has a certain profession or activity, just like its English cognate -ist.

Related terms

• -ists (masculine counterpart of -iste)
• -isms (the corresponding profession / activity / system of belief)

Etymology 2

Apparently borrowed from Lithuanian -ystė, in words like karalỹstė (“kingdom”).

Suffix

-iste

1. Used to form names of regions, areas, countries, etc. from the name of the their ruler: karalis “king” -> karaliste “kingdom.”

Derived terms

Latvian terms suffixed with -iste

Norman

Suffix

-iste

1. -ist

Derived terms

Norman terms suffixed with -iste

Spanish

Alternative forms

• -istes (nonstandard, proscribed)

Etymology

From Latin -istī (third conjugation) and -īvisti ~ -īistī (fourth conjugation)

Suffix

-iste

1. Suffix indicating the second-person singular indicative preterite of -er and -ir verbs.

See also

• -aste