Wiktionary

artist

English

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 artist on Wikipedia
 
Artist João Carqueijeiro in a workshop.

Etymology

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From French artiste, from Late Latin artista, from ars (“art”). Doublet of artiste. Displaced native Old English cræftiga. By surface analysis, art +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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artist (plural artists)

  1. A person who creates art.
    1. A person who creates art as an occupation.
  2. (often in combination) A person who is skilled at some activity.
  3. A recording artist.
  4. A person who creates visual art (in contrast to literature, music etc.)

Hyponyms

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(a person who creates art):

Derived terms

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a person who creates art
a person who is skilled at some activity
other terms (unsorted)
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Descendants

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  • → Japanese: アーティスト (ātisuto)

Translations

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Adjective

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artist (comparative more artist, superlative most artist)

  1. (archaic) Artistic.

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin artista or French artiste, ultimately from Latin ars.

Noun

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artist m (plural artistë, definite artisti, definite plural artistët); feminine equivalent artiste

  1. artist (all senses)

Declension

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Declension of artist
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative artist artisti artistë artistët
accusative artistin
dative artisti artistit artistëve artistëve
ablative artistësh

Further reading

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  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “artist”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “artist”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]

Azerbaijani

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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artist (definite accusative artisti, plural artistlər)

  1. actor, performer
    Xalq Artisti (title) ― People's Artist

Declension

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Declension of artist
singular plural
nominative artistartistlər
definite accusative artistiartistləri
dative artistəartistlərə
locative artistdəartistlərdə
ablative artistdənartistlərdən
definite genitive artistinartistlərin
Possessive forms of artist
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) artistim artistlərim
sənin (“your”) artistin artistlərin
onun (“his/her/its”) artisti artistləri
bizim (“our”) artistimiz artistlərimiz
sizin (“your”) artistiniz artistləriniz
onların (“their”) artisti or artistləri artistləri
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) artistimi artistlərimi
sənin (“your”) artistini artistlərini
onun (“his/her/its”) artistini artistlərini
bizim (“our”) artistimizi artistlərimizi
sizin (“your”) artistinizi artistlərinizi
onların (“their”) artistini or artistlərini artistlərini
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) artistimə artistlərimə
sənin (“your”) artistinə artistlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”) artistinə artistlərinə
bizim (“our”) artistimizə artistlərimizə
sizin (“your”) artistinizə artistlərinizə
onların (“their”) artistinə or artistlərinə artistlərinə
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) artistimdə artistlərimdə
sənin (“your”) artistində artistlərində
onun (“his/her/its”) artistində artistlərində
bizim (“our”) artistimizdə artistlərimizdə
sizin (“your”) artistinizdə artistlərinizdə
onların (“their”) artistində or artistlərində artistlərində
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) artistimdən artistlərimdən
sənin (“your”) artistindən artistlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”) artistindən artistlərindən
bizim (“our”) artistimizdən artistlərimizdən
sizin (“your”) artistinizdən artistlərinizdən
onların (“their”) artistindən or artistlərindən artistlərindən
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) artistimin artistlərimin
sənin (“your”) artistinin artistlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”) artistinin artistlərinin
bizim (“our”) artistimizin artistlərimizin
sizin (“your”) artistinizin artistlərinizin
onların (“their”) artistinin or artistlərinin artistlərinin

Derived terms

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Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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From French artiste

Noun

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artist

  1. artist, actor

Declension

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Declension of artist
singular plural
nominative artist artistler
genitive artistniñ artistlerniñ
dative artistke artistlerge
accusative artistni artistlerni
locative artistte artistlerde
ablative artistten artistlerden

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Danish

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Etymology

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From French artiste.

Noun

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artist c (singular definite artisten, plural indefinite artister)

  1. an artist, performer (acrobat, juggler etc.)
  2. a musician, singer
    Synonym: kunstner

Declension

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Declension of artist
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative artist artisten artister artisterne
genitive artists artistens artisters artisternes

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin artista (“artist”), from ars (“art”).

Noun

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artist m (plural artiscj)

  1. artist

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From French artiste.

Noun

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artist m (definite singular artisten, indefinite plural artister, definite plural artistene)

  1. an artist (performer)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From French artiste.

Noun

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artist m (definite singular artisten, indefinite plural artistar, definite plural artistane)

  1. an artist (performer)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French artiste. By surface analysis, artă +‎ -ist.

Noun

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artist m (plural artiști)

  1. artist

Declension

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Declension of artist
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative artist artistul artiști artiștii
genitive-dative artist artistului artiști artiștilor
vocative artistule artiștilor

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From French artiste, from Latin artista.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ǎrtist/
  • Hyphenation: ar‧tist

Noun

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àrtist m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ртист)

  1. artist

Declension

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Declension of artist
singular plural
nominative artist artisti
genitive artista artista
dative artistu artistima
accusative artista artiste
vocative artiste artisti
locative artistu artistima
instrumental artistom artistima

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  • “artist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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artist c

  1. an artist (who does not create works of art in the usual sense (and, often, performs in front of an audience) – most commonly a musician)
    • 1989, Magnus Uggla, Anders Henriksson, “Jag mår illa [I feel sick]”, in 35-åringen [The 35-year-old]‎[3], performed by Magnus Uggla:
      Jag sitter efter maten och läser bland citaten i raden utav skvallermagasin. Där vimlar vokalister, skådisar, artister, som älskar visa upp sitt fula flin.
      I'm sitting after dinner ["the food" – a meal, usually dinner] and reading among the quotes in the row [in the sense of range] of gossip magazines. There vocalists, actors, artists abound [would normally have an och (“and”) in Swedish as well], who love showing off their ugly grin.
    1. a performer
      cirkusartister
      circus performers

Usage notes

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An artist who creates works of art in the usual sense, like a painter or sculptor, is a konstnär.

Declension

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Declension of artist
nominative genitive
singular indefinite artist artists
definite artisten artistens
plural indefinite artister artisters
definite artisterna artisternas

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Anagrams

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