artist

English Online Dictionary. What means artist‎? What does artist mean?

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːtɪst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.tɪst/, [ˈɑɹ.ɾɪst]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪst

Noun

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

(a person who creates art):

• • See Category:en:Artists.

Derived terms

Related terms

• art
• artisan
• artiste
• artistic

Descendants

• → Japanese: アーティスト (ātisuto)

Translations

Adjective

artist (comparative more artist, superlative most artist)

1. (archaic) Artistic.
   • , vol.1, ch.24:

     Nature, to shew that nothing is savage in whatsoever she produceth, causeth oftentimes, even in rudest and most unarted nations, productions of spirits to arise, that confront and wrestle with the most artist productions.

Anagrams

• Rattis, Strait, atrist, ittars, star it, strait, strati, traits

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. artist (all senses)

Declension

Further reading

• 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑrˈtist]
• Hyphenation: ar‧tist

Noun

artist (definite accusative artisti, plural artistlər)

1. actor, performer

   Xalq Artisti (title) ― People's Artist

Declension

Derived terms

• artistlik

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From French artiste

Noun

artist

1. artist, actor

Declension

References

• “artist”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Danish

Etymology

From French artiste.

Noun

artist c (singular definite artisten, plural indefinite artister)

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

   Synonym: kunstner

Declension

References

• “artist” in Den Danske Ordbog

Friulian

Etymology

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

Noun

artist m (plural artiscj)

1. artist

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French artiste.

Noun

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

1. an artist (performer)

References

• “artist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French artiste.

Noun

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

1. an artist (performer)

References

• “artist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

artist m (plural artiști)

1. artist

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• àrtista (Bosnia, Serbia)

Etymology

From French artiste, from Latin artista.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

àrtist m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ртист)

1. artist

Declension

References

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

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)
   1. a performer

Usage notes

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

Declension

See also

• konstnär

References

• artist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• artist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• artist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• ritats, trista