# egoista
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.ɣuˈis.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [e.ɣoˈis.ta]

### Adjective

egoista m or f (masculine and feminine plural egoistes)
* selfish

### Noun

egoista m or f by sense (plural egoistes)
* selfish person

#### Related terms

* egoisme

#### Further reading

* “egoista” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [eɡoˈista]
* Rhymes: -ista
* Hyphenation: e‧go‧is‧ta

### Adjective

egoista (accusative singular egoistan, plural egoistaj, accusative plural egoistajn)
* egoistic; selfish
** Roman Frenkel, "Ankaŭ":
    Ankaŭ en mond' egoista Troviĝas la kor', kiu amas; Ankaŭ dum hor' de l' mizero Konsolas esper', kiu flamas.Even in a selfish world the heart can be found that loves; Even in an hour of misery burning hope consoles.

## Finnish
### Noun

egoista
* elative plural of ego

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From German Egoist, from French égoïste. With the suffix -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛɡojiʃtɒ]
* Hyphenation: ego‧is‧ta
* Rhymes: -tɒ

### Adjective

egoista (comparative egoistább, superlative legegoistább)
* egoistic
    Synonyms: önző, haszonleső
    Antonyms: önzetlen, altruista

#### Declension
### Noun

egoista (plural egoisták)
* egoist

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

* egoista in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* egoista in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Italian
### Etymology

From ego- +‎ -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.ɡoˈi.sta/
* Rhymes: -ista
* Hyphenation: e‧go‧ì‧sta
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

egoista (masculine plural egoisti, feminine plural egoiste)
* selfish
    Synonym: egoistico

### Noun

egoista m or f by sense (masculine plural egoisti, feminine plural egoiste)
* selfish, egoist
    Antonym: altruista

#### Related terms

* egoismo

### Anagrams

* esagito, esagitò

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian egoist.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

egoista
* egotist, selfish person

#### Related terms

* egoisma

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English egoist, French égoïste, German Egoist, ultimately from Latin ego + -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ.ɡɔˈis.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: e‧go‧is‧ta

### Noun

egoista m pers (female equivalent egoistka)
* egoist, self-seeker
    Synonyms: samolub, sobek
    Antonym: altruista

#### Derived terms

* egoistyczny

#### Related terms

* egoistycznie
* egoizm

### Further reading

* egoista in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* egoista in Polish dictionaries at PWN