singer
NounUS[sing-er]/ˈsɪŋɚ/2 syllables
Synonyms:
Isaac SingerIsaac M. SingerIsaac Merrit SingerIsaac Bashevis Singervocalistvocalizervocaliser
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)singers
- a person who singsSynonyms: vocalistvocalizervocaliserType of musician, instrumentalistKinds soprano, voice, folk singer, contralto, alto, chorister, opera star, madrigalist, castrato, tenor +14 moreExamples Martin, Simon, Merman, Jolson, Bailey, Madonna, Lauder, King, Smith, Horne +20 more
- United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875)Synonyms: Isaac SingerIsaac M. SingerIsaac Merrit SingerInstance of inventor, manufacturer
- United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991)Synonyms: Isaac Bashevis SingerInstance of writer, author
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Translations
Noun person who sings
- Spanish
- cantante
- French
- chanteur
- German
- Sänger
- Italian
- cantante
- Portuguese
- cantor
- Turkish
- şarkıcı
- Russian
- певе́ц pevéc
- Arabic
- مُغَنٍّ muḡannin
- Chinese
- 歌手 gēshǒu
- Japanese
- 歌手 kashu
36 more languages
- Dutch
- zanger
- Polish
- śpiewak
- Swedish
- sångare
- Greek
- τραγουδιστής tragoudistís
- Korean
- 가수 gasu
- Indonesian
- penyanyi
- Vietnamese
- ca sĩ
- Hungarian
- énekes
- Portuguese (PT)
- cantor
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 歌手 gēshǒu
- Albanian
- këngëtar
- Breton
- kaner
- Catalan
- cantant
- Corsican
- cantadore
- Czech
- zpěvák
- Danish
- sanger
- Esperanto
- kantisto
- Estonian
- laulja
- Finnish
- laulaja
- Georgian
- მომღერალი momɣerali
- Hebrew
- זמר zamár
- Icelandic
- söngvari
- Kurdish
- stranbêj
- Latvian
- dziedātājs
- Lithuanian
- dainininkas
- Malagasy
- mpihira
- Norwegian
- sanger
- Romanian
- cântăreț
- Scottish Gaelic
- seinneadair
- Serbo-Croatian
- pjevač
- Slovak
- spevák
- Slovenian
- pevec
- Swahili
- mwimbaji
- Walloon
- tchanteu
- Welsh
- canwr
- Yiddish
- זינגער zinger
Noun female person who sings
- Spanish
- cantante
- French
- chanteuse
- German
- Sängerin
- Italian
- cantante
- Turkish
- şantöz
- Chinese
- 歌手 gēshǒu
- Dutch
- zangeres
- Swedish
- sångerska
- Greek
- τραγουδίστρια tragoudístria
- Hungarian
- énekesnő
9 more languages
- Catalan
- cantant
- Czech
- zpěvačka
- Danish
- sangerinde
- Esperanto
- kantistino
- Finnish
- laulaja
- Icelandic
- söngkona
- Latvian
- dziedātāja
- Norwegian
- sangerinne
- Welsh
- cantores
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sin′ger (sĭn′jẽr), noun
Origin: From Singe.
One who, or that which, singes. Specifically: (a) One employed to singe cloth. (b) A machine for singeing cloth.
Sing′er noun
Origin: From Sing.
One who sings; especially, one whose profession is to sing.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54