English Explanatory Dictionary

artist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who creates art.
  2. A person who creates art as an occupation.
  3. A person who is skilled at some activity.
  4. A recording artist.
  5. A person who creates visual art (in contrast to literature, music etc.)
adj
  1. Artistic.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈɑːtɪst/ /ˈɑɹ.tɪst/ [ˈɑɹ.ɾɪst] en-us-artist.ogg

Word forms

artist artists more artist most artist

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der. Latin -ista Late Latin artistader. French artisteder. English artist From French artiste, from Late Latin artista, from ars (“art”). Doublet of artiste. Displaced native Old English cræftiga. By surface analysis, art + -ist.

Related words

art artisan artiste artistic

Derived words

airtist antiartist arch-artist artistamp artistdom artiste artistess artistlike artistly artistry artist's conception artist's conk artist's fungus artist's impression artist's proof ASMRtist balloon artist bread-artist concept artist cover artist cyberartist dartist drag artist ecoartist fine artist foley artist food artist graffiti artist graphic artist land artist latte artist make-up artist microartist mixed martial artist nonartist paleoartist pavement artist performance artist photo artist pixel artist recording artist sidewalk artist starving artist street artist tattoo artist tightrope artist visual artist voice artist war artist booze artist bullshit artist clutch artist con artist crap artist escape artist grog artist jab artist martial artist pickup artist piss artist

Translations

Afrikaans: kunstenaar Albanian: artist Albanian: artiste Albanian: piktor Albanian: piktore Arabic: فَنَّان Arabic: فَنَّانَة Arabic: رَسَّام Arabic: رَسَّامَة Arabic: فنان Armenian: նկարիչ Asturian: artista Azerbaijani: rəssam Bashkir: рәссам Basque: artista Belarusian: маста́к Belarusian: маста́чка Belarusian: маля́р Belarusian: маля́рка Belarusian: арты́ст Belarusian: арты́стка Bengali: শিল্পী Bulgarian: худо́жник Bulgarian: худо́жничка Bulgarian: арти́ст Bulgarian: арти́стка Burmese: ပန်းချီဆရာ Catalan: artista Chechen: суртдуьллург Chinese Mandarin: 藝術家 /艺术家 Chinese Mandarin: 畫家 /画家 Chinese Mandarin: 美術家 /美术家 Czech: umělec Czech: umělkyně Czech: malíř Czech: malířka Danish: kunstner Dutch: kunstenaar Dutch: kunstenares Dutch: artiest Elfdalian: konstnär Esperanto: artisto Estonian: kunstnik Estonian: taidur Faroese: listamaður Faroese: listakona Finnish: taiteilija Finnish: artisti French: artiste French: peintre French: peintresse Galician: artista Georgian: მხატვარი Georgian: ხელოვანი German: Künstler German: Künstlerin German: "painter": Maler German: Malerin Greek: καλλιτέχνης Greek: δημιουργός Greenlandic: eqqumiitsuliortoq Hebrew: אֳמָן Hebrew: אָמָּן Hindi: कलाकार Hindi: फ़नकार Hindi: शिल्पी Hindi: हुनरमंद Hindi: आर्टिस्ट Hindi: चित्रकार Hungarian: művész Hunsrik: Kinstler Hunsrik: Kinstlerin Icelandic: listamaður Icelandic: listakona Indonesian: seniman Indonesian: artis Irish: ealaíontóir Italian: artista Japanese: 芸術家 Japanese: 画家 Japanese: アーティスト Kazakh: суретші Kazakh: әртіс Khmer: សិល្បករ Khmer: វិចិត្រករ
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