noun
Meaning 1
A person who writes the lyrics of a song.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lyricist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈlɪɹ.ɪsɪst/
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noun
Meaning 2
a person who writes the words for songs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lyrist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writer, author
Narrower terms: Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein II, Hart, Lorenz Hart, Lorenz Milton Hart, Lerner, Alan Jay Lerner, Rice, Sir Tim Rice, Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English lyric 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)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English lyricist From lyric + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: երգահան (ergahan) — writer of lyrics
- Azerbaijani: söz yazıçısı — writer of lyrics
- Catalan: lletrista — writer of lyrics
- Chinese Mandarin: 作詞 /作词 (zuòcí) — writer of lyrics
- Chinese Mandarin: 作詞家 /作词家 (zuòcíjiā) — writer of lyrics
- Chinese Mandarin: 作詞者 /作词者 (zuòcízhě) — writer of lyrics
- Czech: textař — writer of lyrics
- Dutch: tekstdichter — writer of lyrics
- Finnish: sanoittaja — writer of lyrics
- French: parolier — writer of lyrics
- Galician: letrista — writer of lyrics
- German: Textdichter — writer of lyrics
- German: Liedtexter — writer of lyrics
- Hindi: गीतकार (gītkār) — writer of lyrics
- Italian: paroliere — writer of lyrics
- Japanese: 作詞家 (sakushika) — writer of lyrics
- Japanese: 作詞者 (sakushisha) — writer of lyrics
- Korean: 작사가 (jaksaga) — writer of lyrics
- Korean: 작사자 (jaksaja) — writer of lyrics
- Macedonian: текстопи́сец (tekstopísec) — writer of lyrics
- Polish: liryk — writer of lyrics
- Polish: tekściarz — writer of lyrics
- Portuguese: letrista — writer of lyrics
- Romanian: textier — writer of lyrics
- Romanian: textieră — writer of lyrics
- Russian: ли́рик (lírik) — writer of lyrics
- Spanish: letrista — writer of lyrics
- Turkish: güfteci — writer of lyrics
- Turkish: söz yazarı — writer of lyrics
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