entertainer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English entertain

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 entertainer

From entertain + -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛntəˈteɪnə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛntɚˈteɪnɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: en‧ter‧tain‧er

Noun

entertainer (plural entertainers)

1. A person who entertains others, esp. as a profession, as a singer, actor, presenter, dancer, musician, magician, comedian, etc.
2. Someone who puts on a show for the entertainment or enjoyment of others.
3. One who accommodates guests.
   • 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 26:

     During my sickness I was constantly and tenderly cared for by Mrs. Anderson, and at short intervals I received visits from both my children, so that upon the whole, I do not regard this as the least unpleasant portion of my life. I had the fullest sympathy of my entertainer—a blessing which had been denied for me many long years.

   • 2016 August 19, Sarah Jampel, “19 Helpful Tips for Throwing a Painless Dinner Party”, in Time‎^[1]:

     I am not an entertainer by any means. I do not own coasters or wine glasses and I’d rather spend a Saturday night figuring out what to do with my sourdough starter discard than playing hostess.

Derived terms

• politainer

Translations

person who entertains

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 演藝人員 / 演艺人员 (yǎnyìrényuán)

• Czech: bavič (cs) m
• Danish: underholder c
• Dutch: entertainer (nl) c
• Esperanto: amuzisto
• Finnish: viihdyttäjä (fi), showmies (fi), viihdetaiteilija
• French: amuseur (fr) m, divertisseur (fr) m
• German: Unterhalter m, Entertainer (de) m
• Icelandic: skemmtikraftur m
• Indonesian: artis (id) (literally “artist”), penghibur (id)
• Italian: intrattenitore (it)
• Japanese: エンターテイナー (entāteinā), 芸人 (ja) (げいにん, geinin)
• Korean: 연예인(演藝人) (ko) (yeonyein)
• Māori: kaiwhakangahau
• Romanian: animator (ro) m, animatoare (ro) f
• Russian: эстра́дный арти́ст m (estrádnyj artíst)
• Spanish: entretenedor (es) m
• Swedish: underhållare c