artist

English

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Artist João Carqueijeiro in a workshop.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːtɪst/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.ɾɪst/

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Noun

artist (plural artists or artistæ)

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from artist

artistdom artistic artistically

artistry con artist escape artist

pickup artist piss-artist quick-change artist

Translations

person who creates art

• Albanian: artist (sq) m, artiste (sq) f
• Arabic: فنان m (fannaan), رسام m (rassaam)
• Asturian: artista m, f
• Bashkir: рәссам (rässam) (painter)
• Bengali: শিল্পী (śilpī)
• Bulgarian: худо́жник (bg) (hudóžnik)
• Catalan: artista (ca) m, f
• Chechen: суртдуьллург (surtdüllurg)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藝術家, 艺术家 (zh) (yìshùjiā), 畫家, 画家 (zh) (huàjiā), 美術家, 美术家 (zh) (měishùjiā)

• Czech: umělec (cs) m, malíř (cs) m
• Danish: kunstner (da)
• Dutch: kunstenaar (nl) m, kunstenares (nl) f
• Esperanto: artisto
• Finnish: taiteilija (fi), artisti (fi)
• French: artiste (fr) m, f
• Galician: artista (gl) m, f
• Georgian: მხატვარი (mxatvari)
• German: Künstler (de) m, Künstlerin (de) f
• Greek: καλλιτέχνης (el) m (kallitéchnis), δημιουργός (el) m, f (dimiourgós)
• Hebrew: אֳמָן (he) m (omán)
• Hindi: कलाकार (kalākār)
• Indonesian: seniman (id)
• Italian: artista (it) m, f
• Japanese: 芸術家 (げいじゅつか, geijutsuka), 画家 (ja) (がか, gaka), アーティスト (ātisuto)
• Jèrriais: artiste m, f
• Korean: 화가 (ko) (hwaga) (畫家)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هونه‌رمه‌ند (hoonarmand)

• Lao: ສິນລະປິນ (lo) (sin la pin)
• Latvian: mākslinieks m, māksliniece f
• Macedonian: уметник m (umetnik)
• Malay: seniman, artis
• Maori: ringatoi
• Northern Sami: dáiddár
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: artist m, kunstner (no) m

  Nynorsk: artist m, kunstnar m

• Persian: هنرمند (fa) (honarmand), آرتیست (fa) (ârtist)
• Polish: artysta (pl) m
• Portuguese: artista (pt) m, f
• Romanian: artist (ro) m, artistă (ro) f
• Russian: худо́жник (ru) m (xudóžnik), худо́жница (ru) f (xudóžnica), арти́ст (ru) m (artíst), арти́стка (ru) f (artístka)
• Scottish Gaelic: dealbhadair m, dealbhaiche m, ealantair m, neach-ealain m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: уметник m (umetnik)

  Roman: ùmjetnīk m, ùmjetnica f

• Slovene: umetnik (sl) m, umetnica f
• Spanish: artista (es) m, f
• Swahili: msanii (sw)
• Swedish: artist (sv) m, konstnär (sv) c
• Tagalog: pintor
• Telugu: కళాకారుడు (te) (kaḷākāruḍu)
• Thai: ช่างวาดรูป (cháng qua drúp)
• Ukrainian: худо́жник m (xudóžnyk), арти́ст (uk) m (artýst)
• Vietnamese: họa sĩ (vi)
• Volapük: (♂♀) lekanan (vo), (♂) hilekanan, (♀) jilekanan
• Yiddish: קינסטלער m (kinstler), קינסטלערין f (kinstlerin)

person who creates art as an occupation

• Albanian: artist (sq) m, artiste (sq) f
• Asturian: artista m, f
• Bengali: শিল্পী (śilpī)
• Bulgarian: худо́жник (bg) (hudóžnik)
• Catalan: artista (ca) m, f
• Chechen: суртдуьллург (surtdüllurg)
• Czech: umělec (cs) m
• Dutch: kunstenaar (nl) m, kunstenares (nl) f, artiest (nl) m
• Finnish: taiteilija (fi)
• French: artiste (fr) m, f
• Galician: artista (gl) m, f
• Georgian: მხატვარი (mxatvari)
• German: Künstler (de) m, Künstlerin (de) f
• Greek: καλλιτέχνης (el) m (kallitéchnis)
• Hebrew: אמן (he) m
• Hungarian: művész (hu)

• Italian: artista (it) m, f
• Japanese: 芸術家 (geijutsuka)
• Jèrriais: artiste m, f
• Macedonian: уметник m (umetnik)
• Northern Sami: dáiddár
• Persian: هنرمند (fa) (honarmand)
• Portuguese: artista (pt) m, f
• Russian: худо́жник (ru) m (xudóžnik), худо́жница (ru) f (xudóžnica)
• Scottish Gaelic: dealbhadair m, dealbhaiche m, ealantair m, neach-ealain m
• Serbo-Croatian: ùmjetnīk m, ùmjetnica f
• Slovene: umetnik (sl) m, umetnica f
• Spanish: artista (es) m, f
• Swahili: msanii (sw)
• Telugu: కళాకారుడు (te) (kaḷākāruḍu)
• Volapük: (♂♀) lekanan (vo), (♂) hilekanan, (♀) jilekanan

skilled person

• Albanian: artist (sq) m, artiste (sq) f
• Asturian: artista m, f
• Bulgarian: ма́йстор (bg) m (májstor)
• Catalan: artista (ca) m, f
• Dutch: artiest (nl) m
• Finnish: taitaja
• Galician: artista (gl) m, f
• German: Künstler (de) m, Künstlerin (de) f
• Greek: καλλιτέχνης (el) m (kallitéchnis)

• Italian: artista (it) m, f
• Japanese: 熟練者 (じゅくれんしゃ, jukurensha)
• Portuguese: artista (pt) m, f
• Russian: ма́стер (ru) m (máster)
• Serbo-Croatian: ùmjetnīk m, ùmjetnica f
• Spanish: artista (es) m, f
• Swahili: msanii (sw)
• Telugu: కళాకారుడు (te) (kaḷākāruḍu)

See also

• animator
• artisan
• drawer
• sculptor

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.

Anagrams

• strait
• strati
• traits

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Albanian

Noun

artist m

1. artist (all senses)

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Friulian

Etymology

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

Noun

artist m (plural artiscj)

1. artist

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

artist c

1. singer
2. performer

Declension

Declension of artist

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	artist	artisten	artister	artisterna
genitive	artists	artistens	artisters	artisternas