Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

editorialist

/ˌɛdətˈɔɹiəlɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
ed-i-to-ri-al-ist
IPA
/ˌɛdətˈɔɹiəlɪst/
13
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who writes opinion pieces, especially for a newspaper.

Etymology

Etymology tree English editorial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English editorialist From editorial + -ist.

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Questions

How do you pronounce editorialist?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɛdətˈɔɹiəlɪst/.
What does editorialist mean?
One who writes opinion pieces, especially for a newspaper.
Where does editorialist come from?
Etymology tree English editorial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English editorialist From editorial + -ist.

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