contortionist

English

A contortionist.

Etymology

From contortion +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈtɔː(ɹ)ʃənɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

contortionist (plural contortionists)

1. An acrobat who is capable of twisting their body into unusual positions.
2. One who twists words and phrases.

Derived terms

• contortionistic

Related terms

• contort
• contortion
• contortionism

Translations

acrobat

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

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

• Czech: hadí žena, hadí muž
• Danish: slangemenneske n
• Dutch: slangenmens (nl) m or n, contorsionist m, contorsioniste f
• Dzongkha: བཟོ་སྒྱུར་པ (bzo sgyur pa)
• Finnish: käärmeihminen
• French: contorsionniste (fr) m or f
• Galician: contorsionista m or f
• German: Schlangenmensch m, Kontorsionist m
• Hungarian: kígyóember (hu), gumiember (hu)
• Italian: contorsionista m or f, uomo ragno m
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: contorcionista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: contorsionist (ro) m
• Russian: челове́к-змея́ (ru) m (čelovék-zmejá), конторсиони́ст m (kontorsioníst), конторсиони́стка f (kontorsionístka)
• Spanish: contorsionista (es) m or f
• Swedish: ormmänniska c
• Tagalog: kontorsiyonista