-iste
French, suffix/ist/
-iste is spelled I-S-T-E (4 letters). -iste is a French feminine suffix meaning “-ist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suffixe adjectival correspondant à -isme”.
What does -iste mean in English?
suffix
- 1
femininemasculine-ist
suffix
- 1
-istic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Suffixe adjectival correspondant à -isme. 2. Suffixe substantif, servant à former un nom correspondant à un métier, ou à un adepte d’une activité, d’une idéologie, ou d’une théorie. 3. Parfois même des gentilés.
suffix: 1. Variante de -iste.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce -iste?
- /ist/
- \ist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to -iste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.