artist

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 See also 1.4 Adjective 2 Albanian 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French artiste, from Italian artista, from late Latin artista, from ars (“‘art’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɑːtɪst/, SAMPA: /"A:tIst/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɑɹtɪst/, SAMPA: /"Ar\tIst/
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[edit] Noun

artist (plural artists)

1. A person who creates art.
2. A person who creates art as an occupation.
3. A person who is skilled at some activity

[edit] Derived terms

• artistic
• artistically
• artistry
• con artist
• escape artist
• piss-artist

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• animator
• artisan
• drawer
• sculptor

[edit] Adjective

artist (comparative more artist, superlative most artist)

1. (archaic) Artistic.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 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.

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[edit] Albanian

[edit] Noun

artist m.

1. artist (all senses)