performer

English

Etymology

From perform +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɚˈfɔɹmɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈfɔːmə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)

Noun

performer (plural performers)

1. One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.
2. One who performs or does anything.

   Synonym: (obsolete, rare) performant

   the performer of an action

Hyponyms

• kinker

Derived terms

• street performer

Translations

performer — see also actor,‎ singer,‎ musician

• Arabic: عَازِف m (ʕāzif)
• Belarusian: выкана́ўца m (vykanáŭca)
• Bulgarian: изпълни́тел (bg) m (izpǎlnítel), изпълни́телка f (izpǎlnítelka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伶 (zh) (líng) (literary)

• Czech: interpret (cs) m, interpretka f, umělec (cs) m, umělkyně (cs) f
• Dutch: uitvoerder (nl) m, uitvoerster f
• Finnish: esiintyjä (fi)
• French: artiste (fr) m or f, interprète (fr) m or f, exécutant (fr) m, exécutante (fr) f
• Georgian: შემსრულებელი (šemsrulebeli)
• German: Interpret (de) m, Interpretin f
• Hungarian: előadó (hu), előadóművész (hu)
• Italian: esecutore (it) m, esecutrice f, interprete (it) m or f
• Japanese: パフォーマー (pafōmā)
• Macedonian: изведувач m (izveduvač), изведувачка f (izveduvačka)
• Maori: kaiwhakaari
• Plautdietsch: Rollspäla m
• Polish: wykonawca (pl) m, wykonawczyni (pl) f
• Romanian: interpret (ro) m, interpretă (ro) f, artist (ro) m, artistă (ro) f
• Russian: исполни́тель (ru) m (ispolnítelʹ), исполни́тельница (ru) f (ispolnítelʹnica), (actor) актёр (ru) m (aktjór), актри́са (ru) f (aktrísa), арти́ст (ru) m (artíst), арти́стка (ru) f (artístka)
• Slovak: interpret m, interpretka f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: interpret m, interpretka f

• Spanish: artista (es) m or f, ejecutor (es) m, ejecutora (es) f, intérprete (es) m or f, desempeñante m or f
• Ukrainian: викона́вець m (vykonávecʹ), викона́виця f (vykonávycja)

Anagrams

• reperform, prereform

Indonesian

Etymology

From English performer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pərˈfɔrmər/
• Hyphenation: pêr‧for‧mêr

Noun

pêrformêr (plural performer-performer)

1. (art) performer

   Synonym: penampil

Related terms

• performa

Further reading

• “performer” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English performer.

Noun

performer m (plural performeri)

1. performer

Declension

Declension of performer

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	performer	performerul		performeri	performerii
genitive-dative	performer	performerului		performeri	performerilor
vocative	performerule			performerilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈfoɾmeɾ/ [peɾˈfoɾ.meɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾmeɾ
• Syllabification: per‧for‧mer

Noun

performer m or f by sense (plural performeres)

1. performer