busker

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English busk

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English busker

From busk + -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌskɚ/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌskə/

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Noun

busker (plural buskers)

1. A person who solicits donations while entertaining the public, often by playing a musical instrument, on a street or in another public area such as a park or marketplace.

Translations

street performer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 街頭藝人 / 街头艺人 (zh) (jiētóu yìrén)

• Danish: gøgler c, gademusikant c
• Dutch: straatmuzikant (nl) m, straatartiest (nl) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: katusoittaja (street musician), katutaiteilija (any street performer)
• French: artiste de rue m or f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Straßenkünstler (de) m
• Irish: fán-aisteoir m
• Italian: artista di strada m or f
• Japanese: 大道芸人 (ja)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: aeruscātor m
• Māori: kaiwhakangahau pati
• Polish: grajek (pl) m
• Portuguese: artista de rua m
• Russian: у́личный музыка́нт m (úličnyj muzykánt)
• Spanish: artista callejero m or f
• Swedish: gatuunderhållare c

See also

• basket house
• street artist
• street musician
• street performer

Anagrams

• Bukers, Bureks, bureks, burkes

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

busker m

1. indefinite plural of busk