# animalista
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* animaliste (masculine only)

### Etymology

From animal +‎ -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.ni.məˈlis.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.ni.maˈlis.ta]

### Adjective

animalista m or f (masculine and feminine plural animalistes)
* (relational) animal rights

### Noun

animalista m or f by sense (plural animalistes)
* animal rights activist, animal activist
* (art) animalist (painter or sculptor whose primary subject is animals)

#### Related terms

* animalismo

### Further reading

* “animalista” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “animalista” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “animalista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “animalista” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From animal +‎ -ista.

### Adjective

animalista m or f (plural animalistas)
* (relational) animal rights

### Noun

animalista m or f by sense (plural animalistas)
* animal rights activist

### Related terms

* animalismo

## Italian
### Etymology

From animale +‎ -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ni.maˈli.sta/
* Rhymes: -ista
* Hyphenation: a‧ni‧ma‧lì‧sta

### Noun

animalista m or f by sense (masculine plural animalisti, feminine plural animaliste)
* animal rights activist

#### Related terms

* animalismo

### Further reading

* animalista in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* animalista in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* animalìsta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* animalista in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* animalista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French animaliste, from Latin animal +‎ -ista. First attested in 1878.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ɲi.maˈlis.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: a‧ni‧ma‧lis‧ta

### Noun

animalista m pers (female equivalent animalistka)
* (art) animalist, animalier (one who depicts animals in art)

#### Derived terms

* animalistyczny
* animalistyka

#### Related terms

* animalny
* animalnie
* animalizm
* animalkulista
* animalizować

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “animalista”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “animalista”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Dziennik Poznański : wychodzi codziennie z wyjątkiem poniedziałków i dni poświętnych‎ (in Polish), number R.20, nr 260, 1878, page 4

### Further reading

* animalista in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* animalista in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From animal +‎ -ista.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.ni.maˈlis.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.ni.maˈlis.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.ni.maˈliʃ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.ni.maˈlis.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.ni.mɐˈliʃ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ
* Hyphenation: a‧ni‧ma‧lis‧ta

### Adjective

animalista m or f (plural animalistas)
* (art) animalist

### Noun

animalista m or f by sense (plural animalistas)
* (art) animalist (painter or sculptor whose primary subject is animals)

### Further reading

* “animalista”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “animalista” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “animalista”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “animalista”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “animalista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From animal +‎ -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /animaˈlista/ [a.ni.maˈlis.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: a‧ni‧ma‧lis‧ta

### Adjective

animalista m or f (masculine and feminine plural animalistas)
* (relational) animal rights

### Noun

animalista m or f by sense (plural animalistas)
* animal rights activist, animal activist
* (art) animalist (painter or sculptor whose primary subject is animals)

#### Related terms

* animalismo

### Further reading

* “animalista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10