noun
Meaning 1
One who choreographs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: choreographist
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
choreographer
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noun
Meaning 2
someone who creates new dances
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: creator
Narrower terms: Ailey, Alvin Ailey, Alonso, Alicia Alonso, Ashton, Sir Frederick Ashton, Astaire, Fred Astaire, Balanchine, George Balanchine, Baryshnikov, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Cunningham, Merce Cunningham, de Mille, Agnes de Mille, Agnes George de Mille, Graham, Martha Graham, Ivanov, Lev Ivanov, Jamison, Judith Jamison, Joffrey, Robert Joffrey, Kelly, Gene Kelly, Eugene Curran Kelly, Laban, Rudolph Laban, Massine, Leonide Fedorovitch Massine, Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin, Robbins, Jerome Robbins, Shawn, Ted Shawn, St. Denis, Saint Denis, Ruth Saint Denis, Ruth St. Denis, Tharp, Twyla Tharp, Tudor, Antony Tudor
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English choreograph 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 choreographer From choreograph + -er.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُصَمِّمُ رَقْصٍ (muṣammimu raqṣin) — person who choreographs
- Arabic: مُصَمِّمَةُ رَقْصٍ (muṣammimatu raqṣin) — person who choreographs
- Catalan: coreògraf — person who choreographs
- Chinese Mandarin: 編舞 /编舞 (biānwǔ) — person who choreographs
- Chinese Mandarin: 編導 /编导 (biāndǎo) — person who choreographs
- Czech: choreograf — person who choreographs
- Finnish: koreografi — person who choreographs
- French: chorégraphe — person who choreographs
- Galician: coreógrafo — person who choreographs
- German: Choreograph — person who choreographs
- German: Choreograf — person who choreographs
- German: Choreographin — person who choreographs
- German: Choreografin — person who choreographs
- German: Ballettmeister — person who choreographs
- Greek: χορογράφος (chorográfos) — person who choreographs
- Indonesian: koreograf — person who choreographs
- Indonesian: koreografer — person who choreographs
- Italian: coreografo — person who choreographs
- Italian: coreografa — person who choreographs
- Japanese: 振付師 (furitsukeshi) — person who choreographs
- Malay: koreografer — person who choreographs
- Polish: choreograf — person who choreographs
- Polish: choreografka — person who choreographs
- Portuguese: coreógrafo — person who choreographs
- Romanian: coregraf — person who choreographs
- Romanian: coregrafă — person who choreographs
- Russian: хорео́граф (xoreógraf) — person who choreographs
- Russian: балетме́йстер (baletméjster) — person who choreographs
- Spanish: coreógrafo — person who choreographs
- Swedish: koreograf — person who choreographs
- Turkish: koreograf — person who choreographs
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