singer

See also Singer

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

to sing + -er.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈsɪŋə/, X-SAMPA: /"sIN@/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈsɪŋɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"sIN@`/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ), -ɪŋɡə(ɹ)

Noun

Wikipedia singer (plural singers)

1. Person who sings, is able to sing, or earns a living by singing.
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

• opera singer

Translations

person who sings

• Afrikaans: sanger (af)
• Arabic: مطرب (ar) (muṭrib) m, (indefinite) مغنٍ (ar) (muġannin) m, (definite) المغني (ar) (al-muġannī) m

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

• Armenian: (male) երգիչ (hy) (ergič), (female) երգչուհի (hy) (ergčuhi)
• Azeri: müğənni (az)
• Basque: abeslari (eu)
• Belarusian: спявак (be) (spjavák) m, спявачка (be) (spjaváčka) f
• Bengali: গায়ক (bn) (gaẏôk)
• Berber:

  Tashelhit: amarir m

• Breton: kaner (br)
• Bulgarian: певец (bg) (pevéc) m, певица (bg) (pevíca) f
• Burmese: တေးသံရှင် (my) (tei: dhan shin), အဆိုတော် (my) (ahsou do)
• Catalan: cantant (ca) m and f, cantor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 歌手 (go1 sau2)

  Mandarin: 歌手 (cmn) (gēshǒu)

• Czech: zpěvák (cs) m, zpěvačka (cs) f
• Dutch: zanger (nl) m, zangeres (nl) f
• Esperanto: kantanto (eo) (one who sings), kantisto (eo) (professional singer)
• Estonian: laulja (et) m, laulik (et) m, lauljanna (et) f, lauljatar (et) f
• Finnish: laulaja (fi)
• French: chanteur (fr) m, chanteuse (fr) f
• Georgian: მომღერალი (ka) (momḡerali)
• German: Sänger (de) m, Sängerin (de) f
• Greek: τραγουδιστής (el) (tragoudistís) m
• Hindi: गायक (hi) (gāyak) m, गायिका (hi) (gāyikā) f
• Hungarian: énekes (hu) m, énekesnő (hu) f
• Icelandic: söngvari (is) m, söngkona (is) f (female)
• Indonesian: penyanyi (id)
• Irish: amhránaí (ga) m
• Italian: cantante (it) c
• Japanese: 歌手 (ja) (かしゅ, kashu)
• Jèrriais: chanteux m, chant'rêsse f
• Khmer: អ្នកចំរៀង (km) (neak chɑmriəng), អ្នកច្រៀង (km) (neak chrieng)
• Korean: 가수 (ko) (gasu) (歌手 (ko))

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: گۆرانی بێژ

• Lao: ນັກຮ້ອງ (lo) (nāk hɔ̑ːŋ)
• Latin: cantor (la) m, cantrix (la) f
• Latvian: dziedātājs (lv) m, dziedātāja (lv) f
• Lithuanian: dainininkas (lt) m, dainininkė (lt) f
• Lojban: sanga (jbo)
• Macedonian: пејач (mk) (péjač) m, пејачка (mk) (péjačka) f
• Malay: penyanyi (ms), biduan (ms) m, biduanita (ms) f, vokalis (ms)
• Norwegian: sanger (no) m, sangerinne (no) m
• Occitan: cantaire (oc) m, cantaira (oc) f
• Old Provençal: chantador m
• 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
• Russian: певец (ru) (pevéc) m, певица (ru) (pevíca) f, вокалист (ru) (vokalíst) m, вокалистка (ru) (vokalístka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: seinneadair (gd), òranaiche (gd) m, neach-seinn (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: певач (sh) m, певачица (sh) f

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

• Slovak: spevák (sk) m, speváčka (sk) f
• Slovene: pevec (sl) m, pevka (sl) f
• Spanish: cantante (es) m and f, cantor (es) m, cantora (es) f
• Swedish: sångare (sv) c (male), sångerska (sv) c (female)
• Taos: yò’óna
• Tatar: җырчы (tt) (cırçı)
• Telugu: పాటగాడు (te) (paaTagaaDu) m, పాటగత్తె (te) (paaTagatte) f
• Thai: นักร้อง (th) (nakrong)
• Turkish: şarkıcı (tr), şantör (tr) m, şantöz (tr) f
• Ukrainian: співак (uk) (spivák) m, співачка (uk) (spiváčka) f
• Urdu: گایک (ur) (gāyak) m, گایکا (ur) (gāyikā) f
• Vietnamese: ca sĩ (vi)
• Yiddish: זינגער (yi) (zinger) m, זינגערין (yi) (zingerin) f

dance figure

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• Ido: kantisto
• Kurdish: stranbêj
• Occitan: cantaire

• Romanian: cântăreață f, cântăreț m

Etymology 2

From singe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

singer (plural singers)

1. A person who, or device that singes; a machine for singeing cloth.

Translations

Translations

• Italian: gazatrice (it) f

Anagrams

• reigns, re-sign, resign, 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)

		simple			compound
infinitive		singer			avoir singé
gerund		en singeant			en ayant singé
present participle		singeant
past participle		singé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	singe	singes	singe	singeons	singez	singent
	imperfect	singeais	singeais	singeait	singions	singiez	singeaient
	past historic1	singeai	singeas	singea	singeâmes	singeâtes	singèrent
	future	singerai	singeras	singera	singerons	singerez	singeront
	conditional	singerais	singerais	singerait	singerions	singeriez	singeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	singe	singes	singe	singions	singiez	singent
	imperfect1	singeasse	singeasses	singeât	singeassions	singeassiez	singeassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	singe	—	singeons	singez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• signer