artist

English

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/

• Audio (US)

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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.
4. A recording artist.

Derived terms

Terms derived from artist

• artistdom
• artistic
• artistically
• artistry

• clutch artist
• con artist
• escape artist
• pickup artist

• piss-artist
• quick-change artist

Translations

person who creates art

• Afrikaans: kunstenaar
• Albanian: artist (sq) m, artiste (sq) f
• Arabic: فَنَّان‏‎ m (fannān), رَسَّام‏‎ m (rassām)
• Armenian: նկարիչ (hy) (nkaričʿ)
• Asturian: artista m, f
• Azeri: rəssam (az)
• Bashkir: рәссам (rässam) (painter)
• Belarusian: маста́к m (masták)
• Bengali: শিল্পী (shilpi)
• Bulgarian: худо́жник (bg) (hudóžnik)
• Burmese: ပန်းချီဆရာ (my) (pan:hkyihca.ra)
• Catalan: artista (ca) m, f
• Chechen: суртдуьллург (surtdüllurg)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: umělec (cs) m, malíř (cs) m
• Danish: kunstner (da)
• Dutch: kunstenaar (nl) m, kunstenares (nl) f
• Elfdalian: konstnär m
• Esperanto: artisto
• Estonian: kunstnik (et), taidur
• Faroese: listamaður m, listakona f
• Finnish: taiteilija (fi), artisti (fi)
• French: artiste (fr) m, f
• Galician: artista (gl) m, f
• Georgian: მხატვარი (mxaṭvari), ხელოვანი (xelovani)
• German: Künstler (de) m, Künstlerin (de) f
• Greek: καλλιτέχνης (el) m (kallitéchnis), δημιουργός (el) m, f (dimiourgós)
• Greenlandic: eqqumiitsuliortoq
• Hebrew: אֳמָן‏‎ (he) m (omán)
• Hindi: कलाकार (hi) m (kalākār)
• Hungarian: művész (hu)
• Icelandic: listamaður m, listakona f
• Indonesian: seniman (id)
• Italian: artista (it) m, f
• Japanese: 芸術家 (ja) (げいじゅつか, geijutsuka), 画家 (ja) (がか, gaka), アーティスト (ātisuto)
• Kazakh: суретші (kk) (swretşi)
• Khmer: សិល្បករ (km) (səlləpaʔ kɑɑ, səl kɑɑ)
• Korean: 화가 (ko) (hwaga) (畫家)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هونه‌رمه‌ند‏‎ (hoonarmand)

• Kyrgyz: художник (ky) (hudocnik)

• Lao: ສິນລະປິນ (lo) (sin la pin)
• Latvian: mākslinieks m, māksliniece f
• Lithuanian: menininkas m, artistas m
• Macedonian: уметник m (umetnik)
• Malay: seniman, artis
• Maltese: artist m
• Maori: ringatoi
• Mongolian: зураач (mn) (zuraač), жүжигчин (mn) (žüžigčin)
• Norman: artiste m, f
• Northern Sami: dáiddár
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kunstner (no) m

  Nynorsk: kunstnar m

• Persian: هنرمند‏‎ (fa) (honarmand), آرتیست‏‎ (fa) (ârtist)
• Polish: artysta (pl) m, artyska f, twórca (pl) m, twórczyni (pl) f
• Portuguese: artista (pt) m, f
• Romanian: artist (ro) m, artistă (ro) f
• Romansch: artist m, artista 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, уметница f, умјетник m, умјетница f

  Roman: ùmetnīk (sh) m, ùmetnīca f, ùmjetnik (sh) m, ùmjetnica (sh) f

• Slovak: umelec m, maliar m
• Slovene: umetnik (sl) m, umetnica f
• Spanish: artista (es) m, f
• Swahili: msanii (sw), mwanasanaa
• Swedish: artist (sv) m, konstnär (sv) c
• Tagalog: dalubsining
• Tajik: ҳунарманд (hunarmand)
• Telugu: కళాకారుడు (te) (kaḷākāruḍu)
• Thai: ศิลปิน (sǐn-lá-bpin), จิตรกร (jìt gon)
• Turkish: sanatçı (tr), dörütçü, dörütmen
• Turkmen: suratçy, hudožnik
• Ukrainian: худо́жник m (xudóžnyk), арти́ст (uk) m (artýst)
• Urdu: فنکار‏‎ m (fankār)
• Uzbek: rassom (uz), xudojnik, sanatkor
• Vietnamese: họa sĩ (vi)
• Volapük: (♂♀) lekanan (vo), (♂) hilekanan, (♀) jilekanan
• Welsh: arlunydd m
• Yiddish: קינסטלער‏‎ m (kinstler), קינסטלערין‏‎ f (kinstlerin), אַרטיסט‏‎ m (artist), אַרטיסטקע‏‎ f (artistke)

person who creates art as an occupation

• Albanian: artist (sq) m, artiste (sq) f
• Armenian: արվեստագետ (hy) (arvestaget)
• Asturian: artista m, f
• Bengali: শিল্পী (shilpi)
• 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 (mxaṭvari), ხელოვანი (xelovani)
• German: Künstler (de) m, Künstlerin (de) f
• Greek: καλλιτέχνης (el) m (kallitéchnis)
• Hebrew: אמן‏‎ (he) m
• Hungarian: művész (hu)
• Indonesian: seniman (id)

• Italian: artista (it) m, f
• Japanese: 芸術家 (ja) (geijutsuka)
• Macedonian: уметник m (umetnik)
• Norman: artiste m, f
• 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:

  Cyrillic: уметник m, уметница f, умјетник m, умјетница f

  Roman: ùmetnīk (sh) m, ùmetnīca f, ùmjetnik (sh) m, ùmjetnica (sh) f

• Slovene: umetnik (sl) m, umetnica f
• Spanish: artista (es) m, f
• Swahili: msanii (sw)
• Telugu: కళాకారుడు (te) (kaḷākāruḍu)
• Turkish: sanatçı (tr), dörütçü, dörütmen
• Volapük: (♂♀) lekanan (vo), (♂) hilekanan, (♀) jilekanan

skilled person

• Albanian: artist (sq) m, artiste (sq) f
• Armenian: արվեստագետ (hy) (arvestaget)
• Asturian: artista m, f
• Bulgarian: ма́йстор (bg) m (májstor)
• Catalan: artista (ca) m, f
• Dutch: artiest (nl) m
• Finnish: taitaja (fi)
• 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)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: (performer) artist (no) m

  Nynorsk: (performer) artist m

• Portuguese: artista (pt) m, f
• Russian: ма́стер (ru) m (máster)
• Serbo-Croatian: ùmjetnīk (sh) m, ùmjetnica (sh) 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, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821:
     , 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, 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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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.

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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.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Bosnia, Serbia): àrtista

Etymology

From French artiste, from Latin artista.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

àrtist m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ртист)

1. artist

Declension

Declension of artist

	singular	plural
nominative	artist	artisti
genitive	artista	artista
dative	artistu	artistima
accusative	artista	artiste
vocative	artiste	artisti
locative	artistu	artistima
instrumental	artistom	artistima

References

• “artist” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

artist c

1. singer
2. performer

Declension

Declension of artist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	artist	artisten	artister	artisterna
Genitive	artists	artistens	artisters	artisternas