playback singer

English

Noun

playback singer (plural playback singers)

1. (singing, cinematography) A singer whose songs are pre-recorded for use in films, especially Bollywood musicals, where actors lip-sync them.

Translations

singer whose songs are lip-synced by an actor

• Bengali: নেপথ্য গায়ক (bn) (nepottho gaẏok)
• French: chanteur de playback m, chanteuse de playback f
• Gujarati: પાર્શ્વગાયક m (pārśvagāyak), પાર્શ્વગાયિકા f (pārśvagāyikā)
• Hindi: पार्श्वगायक (hi) m (pārśvagāyak), पार्श्वगायिका f (pārśvagāyikā)
• Indonesian: penyanyi playback
• Japanese: プレイバックシンガー (pureibakku shingā)
• Kannada: ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆ ಗಾಯಕರು (hinnele gāyakaru), ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಗಾಯಕರು (hinnelegāyakaru)
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• Malay: penyanyi latar
• Malayalam: പിന്നണി ഗായകർ (pinnaṇi gāyakaṟ), പിന്നണിഗായകർ (pinnaṇigāyakaṟ)
• Punjabi: ਪਿਠਵਰਤੀ ਗਾਇਕ m (piṭhvaratī gāika), ਪਿਠਵਰਤੀ ਗਾਇਕਾ f (piṭhvaratī gāikā)
• Russian: зака́дровый исполни́тель m (zakádrovyj ispolnítelʹ), зака́дровая исполни́тельница f (zakádrovaja ispolnítelʹnica)
• Tamil: பின்னணிப் பாடகர் (piṉṉaṇip pāṭakar)
• Telugu: నేపథ్య గాయకులు (nēpathya gāyakulu), నేపథ్యగాయకుడు (nēpathyagāyakuḍu)
• Turkish: playback şarkıcısı