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: художник (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
• 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)
• Latvian: mākslinieks m, māksliniece f
• Macedonian: уметник m (úmetnik)
• Malay: seniman, artis
• Maori: ringatoi
• Northern Sami: dáiddár
• Norwegian: artist
• Persian: هنرمند (fa) (honarmand), آرتیست (fa) (ârtist)
• Polish: artysta (pl) m
• Portuguese: artista (pt) m, f
• Romanian: artist (ro) m, artistă (ro) f
• Russian: художник (ru) m (xudóžnik), художница (ru) f (xudóžnica), артист (ru) m (artíst), артистка (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) (kaLaakaaruDu)
• Thai: ช่างวาดรูป (cháng qua drúp)
• Ukrainian: художник m (xudóžnyk), артист (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: художник (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 (úmetnik)
• Northern Sami: dáiddár
• Persian: هنرمند (fa) (honarmand)
• Portuguese: artista (pt) m, f
• Russian: художник (ru) m (xudóžnik), художница (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) (kaLaakaaruDu)
• Volapük: (♂♀) lekanan (vo), (♂) hilekanan, (♀) jilekanan

skilled person

• Albanian: artist (sq) m, artiste (sq) f
• Asturian: artista m, f
• Bulgarian: майстор (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: мастер (ru) m (máster)
• Serbo-Croatian: ùmjetnīk m, ùmjetnica f
• Spanish: artista (es) m, f
• Swahili: msanii (sw)
• Telugu: కళాకారుడు (te) (kaLaakaaruDu)

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