singer

See also: Singer

Contents

English

Etymology 1

sing +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋə/
• (General American) enPR: sĭng′ər IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)

Noun

singer (plural singers)

1. A person who sings, often professionally.
2. (square dance) dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure. See square dance singer.

Derived terms

• carol singer
• opera singer
• singer-songwriter
• singeress

Related terms

• meistersinger
• mastersinger
• songster
• songstress

Translations

person who sings

• Afrikaans: sanger
• Albanian: këngëtar (sq) m, këngëtare (sq) f
• Arabic: مُطْرِب‎ m (muṭrib), مُغَنٍّ‎ m (muḡannin) (indefinite), اَلْمُغَنِّي‎ m (al-muḡannī) (definite)

  Egyptian Arabic: مغني‎ m (moġani), مغنية‎ f (moġaneya)

• Armenian: երգիչ (hy) (ergičʿ) (male), երգչուհի (hy) (ergčʿuhi) (female)
• Aromanian: cãntãtor m
• Asturian: cantante m, f, cantor m
• Azerbaijani: müğənni (az)
• Bashkir: йырсы (yïrsï); йырау (yïraw) (traditional), йыраусы (yïrawsï)
• Basque: abeslari (eu), kantari
• Belarusian: спява́к m (spjavák), спява́чка f (spjaváčka)
• Bengali: গায়ক (gaẏôk)
• Berber:

  Tashelhit: amarir m

• Breton: kaner (br) m, kanerez (br) f
• Bulgarian: певе́ц m (pevéc), певи́ца f (pevíca)
• Burmese: တေးသံရှင် (my) (te:samhrang), အဆိုတော် (my) (a.hcuitau)
• Catalan: cantant (ca) m, f, cantor (ca) m, cantaire (ca) m, f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 歌手 (go¹ sau²)

  Mandarin: 歌手 (zh) (gēshǒu)

• Czech: zpěvák (cs) m, zpěvačka (cs) f
• Danish: sanger (da) c, sangerinde (da) c (female)
• Dutch: zanger (nl) m, zangeres (nl) f
• Esperanto: kantanto (male or female), kantantino (female), kantisto (male or female, professional), kantistino (female, professional)
• Estonian: laulja m, laulik m, lauljanna f, lauljatar f
• Faroese: sangari m, sangarinna f
• Finnish: laulaja (fi)
• French: chanteur (fr) m, chanteuse (fr) f
• Friulian: cjantautôr m, cjantôr m, cjantant
• Galician: cantante (gl) m, f, cantor m
• Georgian: მომღერალი (momɣerali)
• German: Sänger (de) m, Sängerin (de) f, Sängerchen n (diminutive), Sängerlein n (diminutive)
• Greek: τραγουδιστής (el) m (tragoudistís), τραγουδίστρια (el) f (tragoudístria)
• Greenlandic: erinarsortartoq
• Hebrew: זמר \ זַמָּר‎ (he) m (zamár), זמרת \ זַמֶּרֶת‎ f (zaméret)
• Hindi: गायक (hi) m (gāyak), गायिका f (gāyikā)
• Hungarian: énekes (hu) m, énekesnő (hu) f
• Icelandic: söngvari (is) m, söngkona f (female)
• Indonesian: penyanyi (id)
• Irish: amhránaí m, fonnadóir m
• Italian: cantante (it) m, f
• Japanese: 歌手 (ja) (かしゅ, kashu)
• Kazakh: әнші (kk) (änşi)
• Khmer: អ្នកចំរៀង (neak chɑmriəng), អ្នកច្រៀង (neak chrieng)
• Korean: 가수 (ko) (gasu) (歌手 (ko))

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: گۆرانی بێژ‎ (goranî bêj)

• Lao: ນັກຮ້ອງ (nak hǭng)
• Latin: cantor (la) m, cantrīx f
• Latvian: dziedātājs m, dziedātāja f
• Lithuanian: dainininkas m, dainininkė f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Singer m, Singerin f, Singersch f, Singersche f

• Macedonian: пејач m (pejač), пејачка f (pejačka)
• Malay: penyanyi, biduan m, biduanita f, vokalis, tukang nyanyi, pelagu
• Maori: kaiwaiata
• Norman: chanteux m, chant'rêsse f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sanger (no) m, sangerinne (no) m, f (female)

  Nynorsk: songar m, songarinne f (female)

• Occitan: cantaire (oc) m, cantaira f

  Old Occitan: chantador m

• Old English: sangere m, sangestre f
• Persian: خواننده‎ (fa) (xânande)
• Polish: piosenkarz (pl) m, piosenkarka (pl) f, śpiewak (pl) m, śpiewaczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cantor (pt) m, cantora (pt) f
• Romanian: cântăreț (ro) m, cântăreață (ro) f
• Romansch: chantadur m, chantadura f
• Russian: певе́ц (ru) m (pevéc), певи́ца (ru) f (pevíca), вокали́ст (ru) m (vokalíst), вокали́стка (ru) f (vokalístka)
• Scottish Gaelic: seinneadair, òranaiche m, neach-seinn m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: певач m, певачица f

  Roman: pevač (sh) m, pevačica (sh) f

• Slovak: spevák m, speváčka f
• Slovene: pevec (sl) m, pevka f
• Spanish: cantante (es) m, f, cantor m, cantora f
• Swedish: sångare (sv) c , sångerska (sv) c (female)
• Syriac, Classical: ܙܡܪܐ‎ (zammoro)
• Tachawit: acennay
• Taos: yò’óna
• Tatar: җырчы (tt) (cırçı)
• Telugu: పాటగాడు m (pāṭagāḍu), పాటగత్తె f (pāṭagatte)
• Thai: นักร้อง (th) (nák-rɔ́ɔng)
• Turkish: şarkıcı (tr), şantör (tr) m, şantöz (tr) f
• Ukrainian: співа́к m (spivák), співа́чка f (spiváčka)
• Urdu: گایک‎ m (gāyak), گایکا‎ f (gāyikā)
• Vietnamese: ca sĩ (vi)
• Walloon: tchanteu (wa) m, tchanteuse f
• Welsh: canwr m, cantores f
• West Frisian: sjonger c, sjongster c (especially a female)
• Yiddish: זינגער‎ m (zinger), זינגערין‎ f (zingerin)

dance figure

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Translations to be checked

• Ido: ^{(please verify)} kantisto (io)
• Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} stranbêj (ku)

• Occitan: ^{(please verify)} cantaire (oc)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} cântăreață (ro) f, ^{(please verify)} cântăreț (ro) m

Etymology 2

From singe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)

Noun

singer (plural singers)

1. A person who, or device which, singes.
2. A machine for singeing cloth.

Translations

person or device that singes

• Italian: gazatrice f

Anagrams

• Greins, Negris, nigres, re-nigs, re-sign, reigns, renigs, resign, resing, ringes, signer

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French

Etymology

In at least the ape sense, from singe (“monkey”).

Verb

singer

1. to ape
2. to sprinkle with flour

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written singe- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of singer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

present participle		singeant /sɛ̃.ʒɑ̃/
past participle		singé /sɛ̃.ʒe/
infinitive
simple		singer
compound		avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple		singeant /sɛ̃.ʒɑ̃/
compound		ayant + past participle
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	singe /sɛ̃ʒ/	singes /sɛ̃ʒ/	singe /sɛ̃ʒ/	singeons /sɛ̃.ʒɔ̃/	singez /sɛ̃.ʒe/	singent /sɛ̃ʒ/
	imperfect	singeais /sɛ̃.ʒɛ/	singeais /sɛ̃.ʒɛ/	singeait /sɛ̃.ʒɛ/	singions /sɛ̃.ʒjɔ̃/	singiez /sɛ̃.ʒje/	singeaient /sɛ̃.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	singeai /sɛ̃.ʒe/	singeas /sɛ̃.ʒa/	singea /sɛ̃.ʒa/	singeâmes /sɛ̃.ʒam/	singeâtes /sɛ̃.ʒat/	singèrent /sɛ̃.ʒɛʁ/
	future	singerai /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁe/	singeras /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁa/	singera /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁa/	singerons /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/	singerez /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁe/	singeront /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	singerais /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	singerais /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	singerait /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/	singerions /sɛ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	singeriez /sɛ̃.ʒə.ʁje/	singeraient /sɛ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	singe /sɛ̃ʒ/	singes /sɛ̃ʒ/	singe /sɛ̃ʒ/	singions /sɛ̃.ʒjɔ̃/	singiez /sɛ̃.ʒje/	singent /sɛ̃ʒ/
	imperfect2	singeasse /sɛ̃.ʒas/	singeasses /sɛ̃.ʒas/	singeât /sɛ̃.ʒa/	singeassions /sɛ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	singeassiez /sɛ̃.ʒa.sje/	singeassent /sɛ̃.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	singe /sɛ̃ʒ/	—	singeons /sɛ̃.ʒɔ̃/	singez /sɛ̃.ʒe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “singer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• signer