optimist

optimist

See also: Optimist

English

Etymology

From French optimiste, from Latin optimus (“best”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑptɪmɪst/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒptɪmɪst/

Noun

optimist (plural optimists)

1. a person who expects a favourable outcome
2. a believer in optimism

Antonyms

• pessimist

Derived terms

• optimistic

Related terms

• optimism

Translations

a person who expects a favourable outcome

Armenian: լավատես (hy) (lavates) Catalan: optimista (ca) m or f Czech: optimista (cs) m Dutch: optimist (nl) m Esperanto: optimisto Finnish: optimisti (fi) French: optimiste (fr) m or f Galician: optimista m or f German: Optimist (de) m, Optimistin (de) f Greek: αισιόδοξος (el) (aisiódoxos) Hebrew: אופטימי‎ (he) m (optími), אופטימיסט‎ m (optimíst) Hungarian: optimista (hu) Ido: optimisto (io) Japanese: 楽観主義者 (らっかんしゅぎしゃ, rakkan-shugisha) Latvian: optimists m

Lithuanian: optimistas m Norwegian: Bokmål: optimist m Nynorsk: optimist m Polish: optymista (pl) m, optymistka (pl) f Portuguese: otimista (pt) m or f Russian: оптими́ст (ru) m (optimíst), оптими́стка (ru) f (optimístka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: оптѝмист m Roman: optìmist (sh) m Spanish: optimista (es) m or f Swedish: optimist (sv) c Turkish: optimist (tr), iyimser (tr), nikbin (tr) (archaic) Ukrainian: оптиміст m (optymist) Volapük: (♂♀) frediman (vo), (♂) hifrediman, (♀) jifrediman

a believer in optimism

Armenian: լավատես (hy) (lavates) Catalan: optimista (ca) m or f Dutch: optimist (nl) m French: optimiste (fr) m or f German: Optimist (de) m, Optimistin (de) f Hebrew: אופטימי‎ (he) m (optími), אופטימיסט‎ m (optimíst) Japanese: 楽観主義者 (らっかんしゅぎしゃ, rakkan-shugisha) Norwegian: Bokmål: optimist m Nynorsk: optimist m

Portuguese: otimista (pt) m or f Russian: оптими́ст (ru) m (optimíst), оптими́стка (ru) f (optimístka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: оптѝмист m Roman: optìmist (sh) m Swedish: optimist (sv) c Turkish: optimist (tr), iyimser (tr) Volapük: (♂♀) frediman (vo), (♂) hifrediman, (♀) jifrediman

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Dutch: optimist (nl) m Finnish: optimistijolla (fi) Hebrew: אופטימיסט‎ m (optimíst)

Norwegian: Optimist m Bokmål: optimistjolle m or f Nynorsk: optimistjolle f

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Danish

Noun

optimist c (singular definite optimisten, plural indefinite optimister)

1. optimist

   Antonym: pessimist

Declension

Declension of optimist

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	optimist	optimisten	optimister	optimisterne
genitive	optimists	optimistens	optimisters	optimisternes

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin optimus +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: op‧ti‧mist

Noun

optimist m (plural optimisten, diminutive optimistje n, feminine optimiste)

1. optimist

   Antonym: pessimist

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

optimist m (definite singular optimisten, indefinite plural optimister, definite plural optimistene)

1. an optimist (a person who expects a favourable outcome, or a believer in optimism)

   Antonym: pessimist

Derived terms

• tidsoptimist

Related terms

• optimisme

References

• “optimist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “optimist” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

optimist m (definite singular optimisten, indefinite plural optimistar, definite plural optimistane)

1. an optimist (as above)

   Antonym: pessimist

Derived terms

• tidsoptimist

Related terms

• optimisme

References

• “optimist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Noun

optimist c (definite singular optimisten, indefinite plural optimister, definite plural optimisterna)

1. an optimist