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multi-instrumentalist

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A musician who plays two or more musical instruments at a professional level of proficiency.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From multi- + instrumental + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: multi-instrumentalisti — one who plays more than one musical instruments
  • Finnish: moni-instrumentalisti — one who plays more than one musical instruments
  • French: multi-instrumentiste — one who plays more than one musical instruments
  • Georgian: მულტიინსტრუმენტალისტი (mulṭiinsṭrumenṭalisṭi) — one who plays more than one musical instruments
  • Georgian: მულტი-ინსტრუმენტალისტი (mulṭi-insṭrumenṭalisṭi) — one who plays more than one musical instruments
  • Polish: multiinstrumentalista — one who plays more than one musical instruments
  • Polish: multiinstrumentalistka — one who plays more than one musical instruments
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