conversationalist

English

Etymology

From conversational +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənəlɪst/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑːnvɚˈseɪʃənəlɪst/

Noun

conversationalist (plural conversationalists)

1. A person who participates in a conversation.

   If you can just ask questions about a person and nod sagely then they will leave thinking you are a brilliant conversationalist.

2. A person skilled in general conversation.
   • 2005 January 30, Drake Bennett, “Dr. Ecstasy”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     But Shulgin, while a nimble conversationalist, can have trouble with names — of people and places, never chemicals.

Hyponyms

• deipnosophist

Derived terms

• conversationalistic

 

Translations

one who participates in a conversation

Finnish: keskustelija (fi) German: Gesprächspartner (de) m, Plauderer (de) m Italian: conversatore (it) m, conversatrice f Manx: coloayrtagh m Old English: ġespreca m Portuguese: conversador (pt) m, conversadora f Spanish: conversador (es) m, conversadora (es) f Volapük: (♂♀) spikotan, (♂) hispikotan, (♀) jispikotan

one skilled in general conversation

Galician: falangueiro (gl) m Manx: coloayrtagh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ко̀зе̄р m Roman: kòzēr (sh) m Volapük: (♂♀) spikotälan, (♂) hispikotälan, (♀) jispikotälan

References

• “conversationalist”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “conversationalist”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.

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