soloist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English solo

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English soloist

From solo + -ist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

soloist (plural soloists)

1. A person who performs a solo.
2. A solo artist, one who is not in a band.
   • 2026 February 26, Hannah Dailey, “Harry Styles’ Biggest History-Making Moments Before ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally’”, in Billboard‎^[1]:

     In January 2026, the artist added more London dates to his run of Wembley Stadium shows, bringing the anticipated total up to 12 — and breaking Coldplay’s record for most performances at the famed venue in one year. That means he also broke Taylor Swift’s record for the most of a soloist.

Derived terms

• demisoloist
• free soloist
• soloistic

Translations

a person who performs a solo

• Armenian: մենակատար (hy) (menakatar)
• Bulgarian: солист m (solist)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獨唱者 / 独唱者 (dúchàng zhě)

• Czech: sólista (cs) m
• Dutch: solist (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: solisto
• Finnish: solisti (fi)
• French: soliste (fr) m or f
• German: Solist (de) m, Solistin (de) f
• Hungarian: szólista (hu)
• Icelandic: einleikari m, sólisti m
• Irish: ceoltóir aonair m
• Italian: solista (it) m or f
• Japanese: ソリスト (sorisuto), 独唱者 (どくしょうしゃ, dokushōsha)
• Macedonian: соли́ст m (solíst), соли́стка f (solístka)
• Māori: kaiwaiata takitahi (singer), kaiwhakatangi takitahi (instrumentalist), kaiwhakatene (singer)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: solist m

  Nynorsk: solist m

• Polish: solista (pl) m, solistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: solista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: solist (ro) m, solistă (ro) f
• Russian: соли́ст (ru) m (solíst), соли́стка (ru) f (solístka)
• Slovene: solist m, solistka f
• Spanish: solista (es) m or f
• Swedish: solist (sv) c

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