annalist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French annaliste, equivalent to annal +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈænəlɪst/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: analyst

Noun

annalist (plural annalists)

1. A writer of annals; a chronicler; a historian.
   • 1754-1762, David Hume, The History of England:

     The monks […] were the only annalists during those ages.

Translations

writer of annals

• Arabic: مُؤَرِّخ (muʔarriḵ), مُؤَرِّخَة f (muʔarriḵa)
• Armenian: ժամանակագիր (hy) (žamanakagir)
• Finnish: kronikoitsija (fi)
• French: annaliste (fr) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: χρονογράφος m (khronográphos)

• Irish: annálaí m
• Italian: annalista m or f
• Macedonian: лето́писец m (letópisec)
• Polish: annalista (pl) m
• Romanian: analist (ro) m
• Russian: летопи́сец (ru) m (letopísec)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: летопи́сац m (Ekavian), љетопи́сац m (Ijekavian), литопи́сац m (Ikavian)

  Roman: letopísac m (Ekavian), ljetopísac (sh) m (Ijekavian), litopísac m (Ikavian)

Anagrams

• santalin