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correspondent
- /ˌkɒɹ.ɪˈspɒn.dənt/ UK
- /ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈspɑn.dənt/ US
- /ˌkɔɹ.ɪˈspɔn.dənt/ Australia
Where it comes from
From Latin, via Middle French or directly, from Medieval Latin correspondēns, present participle of correspondeō.
adjective more correspondent · most correspondent
- Corresponding; suitable; adapted; congruous. Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law.
- Conforming; obedient. ARIEL: Pardon, master: / I will be correspondent to command, / And do my spriting gently.
Similar: correspondent, equivalent, indistinguishable, tantamount
noun correspondents
- Something which corresponds with something else; counterpart. Both kála and kalánka have widespread correspondents in the western Mediterranean Romance languages.
- Someone who communicates with another person, or a publication, by writing.
- A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.
Thesaurus
adjective
Similar: correspondent, equivalent, indistinguishable, tantamount
Translations
Every language
adj conforming
| Русский | согла́сный soglásnyj, соотве́тственный sootvétstvennyj |
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noun one who corresponds
| Italiano | corrispondente |
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| Русский | корреспонде́нт korrespondént |
noun journalist
| Español | corresponsal |
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| 한국어 | 언론인 eollonin, 특파원 teukpawon, 통신원 tongsinwon, 기자 gija |
| 日本語 | 通信員 tsūshin'in, 特派員 tokuhain, 記者 kisha |
| 中文 | 特派員 /特派员 tèpàiyuán, 記者 /记者 jìzhě |
| हिन्दी | संवाददाता samvāddātā |
| Français | correspondant, correspondante |
| Deutsch | Korrespondent, Korrespondentin |
| Italiano | corrispondente, inviato, inviata |
| Ελληνικά | ανταποκριτής antapokritís, ανταποκρίτρια antapokrítria |
| Română | corespondent, corespondentă |
| Русский | корреспонде́нт korrespondént, корреспонде́нтка korrespondéntka |
| Tiếng Việt | phóng viên |
| العربية | مُرَاسِل murāsil, مُرَاسِلَة murāsila |
Talk about this word "correspondent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/correspondent. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. correspondent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/correspondent "correspondent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/correspondent.Cite this
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title = {correspondent},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/correspondent},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
