Decembrist
noun, adjective
Decembrist is spelled D-E-C-E-M-B-R-I-S-T: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Decembrist means “A participant in, or sympathizer with, the Decembrist revolt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Decembrist is Decembrists.
How many letters and syllables are in Decembrist?
| Letters | 10: D-E-C-E-M-B-R-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Decembrist?
Decembrist appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Decembrist?
- General-American
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Decembrist.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Decembrist
- Decembrists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Decembrist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A participant in, or sympathizer with, the Decembrist revolt.
adjective
- 1
According to or derived from the politics or philosophy of the Decembrists.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Decembrist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense participant in or sympathizer with the Decembrist revolt:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | décembriste |
| German | Dekabrist, Dekabristin |
| Spanish | decembrista |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Decembrist come from?
From December + -ist, a calque of Russian декабри́ст (dekabríst).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).