communist

See also: Communist

English

Alternative forms

Communist

Etymology

From French communiste, from commun (“common, communal”) + -iste (“-ist”). By surface analysis, commune +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒm.jʊ.nɪst/
- Audio (UK): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.mjə.nɪst/, /ˈkɑ.mju.nɪst/
- Audio (New Jersey): (file)
(Philippines) IPA^(key): /komˈmju.nɪst/
Hyphenation: com‧mu‧nist

Adjective

communist (comparative more communist, superlative most communist)

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

Derived terms

Translations

of or relating to communism

Arabic: شُيُوعِيّ m (šuyūʕiyy), شُيُوعِيَّة f (šuyūʕiyya)
Armenian: կոմունիստական (hy) (komunistakan)
Azerbaijani: kommunist
Belarusian: камуністы́чны (kamunistýčny)
Bengali: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: комунисти́чески (bg) (komunistíčeski)
Burmese: ကွန်မြူနစ် (my) (kwanmrunac)
Catalan: comunista (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 共產主義／共产主义 (zh) (gòngchǎnzhǔyì)
Crimean Tatar: kommunist
Czech: komunistický (cs)
Danish: kommunistisk
Dutch: communistisch (nl)
Esperanto: komunisma
Estonian: kommunistlik
Finnish: kommunistinen (fi)
French: communiste (fr)
Galician: comunista (gl) m or f
Georgian: კომუნისტური (ḳomunisṭuri)
German: kommunistisch (de)
Greek: κομμουνιστικός (el) m (kommounistikós)
Hindi: साम्यवादी (hi) (sāmyavādī)
Hungarian: kommunista (hu)
Icelandic: kommúnistískur, kommúnista-
Ingrian: kommunisticeskoi
Irish: cumannach
Italian: comunista (it) m or f
Japanese: (person) 共産主義者の (きょうさんしゅぎしゃの, kyōsanshugisha no), (concept) 共産主義の (きょうさんしゅぎの, kyōsanshugi no)
Kazakh: коммунистік (kk) (kommunistık)
Khmer: កុម្មុយនិស្ត (kommuynɨh)
Korean: 공산주의(共産主義)의 (gongsanjuui-ui)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کۆمۆنیستی (komonîstî)
Kyrgyz: коммунисттик (kommunisttik)
Lao: ກອມມູນິດ (kǭm mū nit)
Latvian: komunistisks
Lithuanian: komunistinis m, komunistinė f
Luxembourgish: kommunistesch
Macedonian: комунистички (komunistički)
Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
Maori: whiwhingatahi, angatōpū
Marathi: साम्यवादी (sāmyavādī)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norman: commeuniste
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kommunistisk (no)

Nynorsk: kommunistisk
Pashto: کمونيستي (komunisti)
Persian: کمونیست (fa) (komonist)
Polish: komunistyczny (pl)
Portuguese: comunista (pt) m or f
Romanian: comunist (ro)
Russian: коммунисти́ческий (ru) (kommunistíčeskij)
Scottish Gaelic: co-mhaoineach, comannach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: комунистички

Roman: komunistički (sh)
Slovak: komunistický
Slovene: komunističen
Spanish: comunista (es)
Swahili: ukomunisti (sw)
Swedish: kommunistisk (sv) c, kommunistiskt (sv) n
Tajik: коммунистӣ (tg) (kommunisti)
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Thai: คอมมิวนิสต์ (th) (kɔm-miu-nít)
Turkish: komünist (tr)
Ukrainian: комуністи́чний m (komunistýčnyj)
Urdu: please add this translation if you can
Uyghur: كوممۇنىستىك (kommunistik)
Uzbek: kommunistik (uz)
Vietnamese: cộng sản (vi) (共產)
Volapük: kobädimik (vo)
Welsh: comiwnyddol
Yiddish: קאָמוניסטיש (komunistish)
Zhuang: gungcanj

Noun

communist (plural communists)

(communism) An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.
(nonstandard) Any revolutionary or subversive radical.

Synonyms

red, pink, pinko, commie (informal); commo (Australia, informal); communazi, pinkoid (derogatory)

Derived terms

Translations

person who follows a communist philosophy

Afrikaans: kommunis
Albanian: komunist (sq) m, komuniste (sq) f
Arabic: شُيُوعِيّ m (šuyūʕiyy), شُيُوعِيَّة f (šuyūʕiyya)
Armenian: կոմունիստ (hy) (komunist)
Azerbaijani: kommunist
Belarusian: камуні́ст m (kamuníst), камуні́стка f (kamunístka)
Bulgarian: комуни́ст (bg) m (komuníst), комуни́стка f (komunístka), комуни́сти (bg) pl (komunísti)
Burmese: ကွန်မြူနစ်ဝါဒီ (kwanmrunac-wadi), ကွန်မြူနစ် (my) (kwanmrunac)
Catalan: comunista (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 共產主義者／共产主义者 (zh) (gòngchǎnzhǔyìzhě)
Czech: komunista (cs) m, komunistka (cs) m
Danish: kommunist c
Dutch: communist (nl) m, communiste f
Esperanto: komunisto, komunistino (female)
Estonian: kommunist (et)
Finnish: kommunisti (fi)
French: communiste (fr) m or f
Galician: comunista (gl) m or f
Georgian: კომუნისტი (ḳomunisṭi)
German: Kommunist (de) m, Kommunistin (de) f
Greek: κομμουνιστής (el) m (kommounistís), κομμουνίστρια (el) f (kommounístria)
Greenlandic: kommunisti
Hebrew: קומוניסט \ קוֹמוּנִיסְט m (komuníst), קומוניסטית \ קוֹמוּנִיסְטִית f (komunistít)
Hindi: साम्यवादी (hi) m (sāmyavādī), कम्युनिस्ट (hi) m (kamyunisṭ)
Hungarian: kommunista (hu)
Icelandic: kommúnisti m
Ingrian: kommunista
Irish: cumannach m
Italian: comunista (it) m or f
Japanese: 共産主義者 (ja) (きょうさんしゅぎしゃ, kyōsanshugisha), 共産党員 (きょうさんとういん, kyōsantōin)
Kazakh: коммунист (kommunist)
Khmer: កុម្មុយនិស្ត (kommuynɨh)
Korean: 공산주의자(共産主義者) (ko) (gongsanjuuija), (derogatory) 빨갱이 (ko) (ppalgaeng'i)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کۆمۆنیست (komonîst)

Northern Kurdish: komunîst (ku)
Kyrgyz: коммунист (kommunist)
Lao: ກອມມູນິດ (kǭm mū nit)
Latvian: komunists m, komuniste f
Lithuanian: komunistas m, komunistė f
Malay: komunis
Marathi: साम्यवादी m or f (sāmyavādī), कम्युनिस्ट m or f (kamyunisṭa)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: коммунист (mn) (kommunist)
Norman: commeuniste m or f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kommunist (no) m

Nynorsk: kommunist m
Pashto: کمونست m or f (komunist)
Persian: کمونیست (fa) (komunist)
Polish: komunista (pl) m, komunistka (pl) f
Portuguese: comunista (pt) c, marxista (pt) c
Romanian: comunist (ro) m, comunistă (ro) f
Russian: коммуни́ст (ru) m (kommuníst), коммуни́стка (ru) f (kommunístka)
Scottish Gaelic: co-mhaoineach m, comannach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кому̀нист m, комуниста m, кому̀нистица f, кому̀нисткиња f

Roman: komùnist (sh) m, komunista (sh) m, komùnistica (sh) f, komùnistkinja f
Slovak: komunista m, komunistka f
Slovene: komunist (sl) m, komunistka f
Spanish: comunista (es) m or f
Swahili: mkomunisti
Swedish: kommunist (sv) c
Tagalog: kalama, komunista (tl)
Tajik: коммунист (tg) (kommunist)
Tatar: коммунист (qommunist)
Thai: คอมมิวนิสต์ (th) (kɔm-miu-nít)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: komünist (tr)
Turkmen: kommunist
Ukrainian: комуні́ст m (komuníst), комуні́стка f (komunístka)
Urdu: کمیونسٹ m (kamyunisṭ)
Uyghur: كوممۇنىست (kommunist)
Uzbek: kommunist (uz)
Vietnamese: người cộng sản (vi)
Volapük: kobädiman (vo), hikobädiman (male), jikobädiman (female)
Welsh: comiwnydd m
Yiddish: קאָמוניסט m (komunist), קאָמוניסטקע f (komunistke)
Zhuang: gungcanjcujyicej

revolutionary or subversive radical

Chinese:
Mandarin: 共產主義的／共产主义的 (zh) (gòngchǎnzhǔyì de)
Finnish: kommunisti (fi)
Portuguese: comuna (pt) m or f, vermelho (pt) m
Scottish Gaelic: co-mhaoineach m, comannach m
Swahili: mpinduzi

Anagrams

uncommits

Dutch

Etymology

From French communiste or German Kommunist, itself from French.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.myˈnɪst/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: com‧mu‧nist
Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

communist m (plural communisten, diminutive communistje n, feminine communiste)

communist [from ca. 1840]

Derived terms

Related terms

communisme

Descendants

Afrikaans: kommunis
→ Indonesian: komunis