artist

From French artiste, from Late Latin artista, from ars (“art”). Doublet of artiste. Displaced native Old English cræftiga. By surface analysis, art +‎ -ist.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːtɪst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.tɪst/, [ˈɑɹ.ɾɪst]

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪst

artist (plural artists)

1. A person who creates art.
   1. A person who creates art as an occupation.
2. (often in combination) A person who is skilled at some activity.
3. A recording artist.
4. A person who creates visual art (in contrast to literature, music etc.)

(a person who creates art):

• • See Category:en:Artists.

• art
• artisan
• artiste
• artistic

• → Japanese: アーティスト (ātisuto)

artist (comparative more artist, superlative most artist)

1. (archaic) Artistic.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
     , vol.1, ch.24:

     Nature, to shew that nothing is savage in whatsoever she produceth, causeth oftentimes, even in rudest and most unarted nations, productions of spirits to arise, that confront and wrestle with the most artist productions.

• Rattis, Strait, atrist, ittars, star it, strait, strati, traits

Learned borrowing from Late Latin artista or French artiste, ultimately from Latin ars.

artist m (plural artistë, definite artisti, definite plural artistët, female equivalent artiste)

1. artist (all senses)

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Jani Thomai et al. (2006), “artist”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), Tiranë: Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “artist”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press

• IPA^(key): [ɑɾˈtis]

• Audio (Baku):

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• Hyphenation: ar‧tist

artist (definite accusative artisti, plural artistlər)

1. actor, performer

   Xalq Artisti (title) ― People's Artist

• artistlik

From French artiste

artist

1. artist, actor

• “artist”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

From French artiste.

artist c (singular definite artisten, plural indefinite artister)

1. an artist, performer (acrobat, juggler etc.)
2. a musician, singer

   Synonym: kunstner

• “artist” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Late Latin artista (“artist”), from ars (“art”).

artist m (plural artiscj)

1. artist

From French artiste.

artist m (definite singular artisten, indefinite plural artister, definite plural artistene)

1. an artist (performer)

• “artist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From French artiste.

artist m (definite singular artisten, indefinite plural artistar, definite plural artistane)

1. an artist (performer)

• “artist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French artiste. By surface analysis, artă + -ist.

artist m (plural artiști)

1. artist

• àrtista (Bosnia, Serbia)

Borrowed from French artiste, from Latin artista.

• IPA^(key): /ǎrtist/
• Hyphenation: ar‧tist

àrtist m anim (Cyrillic spelling а̀ртист)

1. artist

• “artist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

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artist c

1. an artist (who does not create works of art in the usual sense (and, often, performs in front of an audience) – most commonly a musician)
   • 1989, Magnus Uggla, Anders Henriksson, “Jag mår illa [I feel sick]”, in 35-åringen [The 35-year-old]‎^[3], performed by Magnus Uggla:

     Jag sitter efter maten och läser bland citaten i raden utav skvallermagasin. Där vimlar vokalister, skådisar, artister, som älskar visa upp sitt fula flin.

     I'm sitting after dinner ["the food" – a meal, usually dinner] and reading among the quotes in the row [in the sense of range] of gossip magazines. There vocalists, actors, artists abound [would normally have an och (“and”) in Swedish as well], who love showing off their ugly grin.

   1. a performer

      cirkusartister

      circus performers

An artist who creates works of art in the usual sense, like a painter or sculptor, is a konstnär.

• konstnär

• “artist”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “artist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “artist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• ritats, trista