-ologist

See also: ologist

English

Suffix

-ologist

1. Alternative spelling of -logist (“one who studies a subject”)

Usage notes

Relatively few terms are directly derived using this suffix. Terms ending in logist are often derived from words formed in other languages or by suffixing -ist to a word ending in logy, as biologist = biology + -ist and theologist = theology + -ist, and snowologist = snowology + -ist.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ologist

• See also -logy

Translations

alternative spelling of -logist

• Dutch: -oloog m, -ologe f
• Esperanto: -ologo (eo)
• Finnish: -ologi, -tieteilijä (fi)
• French: -ologue m or f
• German: -ologe m
• Hungarian: -ológus
• Italian: -ologo m, -ologa f
• Spanish: -ólogo m, -óloga f
• West Frisian: -olooch, -ologe