contortionist

English

A contortionist.

Etymology

From contortion +‎ -ist.

Noun

contortionist (plural contortionists)

1. An acrobat who is capable of twisting his or her body into unusual positions.

Related terms

• contort
• contortion
• contortionism

Translations

acrobat

• Afrikaans: slangmens, lyfvlegter
• Asturian: contorsionista m, f
• Catalan: contorsionista m, f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柔術演員, 柔术演员 (róushù yǎnyuán)

• Danish: slangemenneske n
• Dutch: slangenmens m, n, contorsionist m, contorsioniste f
• Finnish: käärmeihminen
• French: contorsionniste (fr) m, f

• Galician: contorsionista m, f
• German: Schlangenmensch m, Kontorsionist m
• Italian: contorsionista m, f
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: contorcionista m, f
• Russian: челове́к-змея́ (ru) m (čelovék-zmejá), конторсиони́ст m (kontorsioníst), конторсиони́стка f (kontorsionístka)
• Spanish: contorsionista m, f
• Swedish: ormmänniska c