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organist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A musician who plays the organ.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a person who plays an organ

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: musician, instrumentalist, player

Narrower terms: Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Bruckner, Anton Bruckner, Byrd, William Byrd, Couperin, Francois Couperin, Purcell, Henry Purcell, Schweitzer, Albert Schweitzer, Tallis, Thomas Tallis

History

Etymology

From Middle French organiste, from Medieval Latin organista. By surface analysis, organ + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: երգեհոնահար (ergehonahar) — musician who plays the organ
  • Belarusian: арганіст (arhanist) — musician who plays the organ
  • Belarusian: арганістка (arhanistka) — musician who plays the organ
  • Catalan: organista — musician who plays the organ
  • Chinese Cantonese: 風琴家 /风琴家 (fung1 kam4 gaa1) — musician who plays the organ
  • Chinese Cantonese: 司琴 (si1 kam4) — musician who plays the organ
  • Chinese Mandarin: 風琴家 /风琴家 (fēngqínjiā) — musician who plays the organ
  • Chinese Mandarin: 司琴 (sīqín) — musician who plays the organ
  • Czech: varhaník — musician who plays the organ
  • Dutch: organist — musician who plays the organ
  • Esperanto: orgenisto — musician who plays the organ
  • Finnish: urkuri — musician who plays the organ
  • French: organiste — musician who plays the organ
  • Galician: organista — musician who plays the organ
  • German: Organist — musician who plays the organ
  • German: Organistin — musician who plays the organ
  • German: Orgelspieler — musician who plays the organ
  • German: Orgelspielerin — musician who plays the organ
  • Greek: οργανίστας (organístas) — musician who plays the organ
  • Hebrew: אורגניסט (organíst) — musician who plays the organ
  • Hebrew: נגן עוגב (nagán ugáv) — musician who plays the organ
  • Hebrew: עוגבאי (ugaváy) — musician who plays the organ
  • Hungarian: orgonista — musician who plays the organ
  • Hungarian: orgonaművész — musician who plays the organ
  • Icelandic: orgelleikari — musician who plays the organ
  • Icelandic: organisti — musician who plays the organ
  • Ido: orgenisto — musician who plays the organ
  • Irish: orgánaí — musician who plays the organ
  • Italian: organista — musician who plays the organ
  • Japanese: オルガニスト (oruganisuto) — musician who plays the organ
  • Korean: 오르가니스트 (oreuganiseuteu) — musician who plays the organ
  • Lithuanian: vargonininkas — musician who plays the organ
  • Luxembourgish: Uergelspiller — musician who plays the organ
  • Macedonian: оргулар (orgular) — musician who plays the organ
  • Macedonian: органист (organist) — musician who plays the organ
  • Norman: organiste — musician who plays the organ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: organist — musician who plays the organ
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: organist — musician who plays the organ
  • Polish: organista — musician who plays the organ
  • Polish: organistka — musician who plays the organ
  • Portuguese: organista — musician who plays the organ
  • Romanian: organist — musician who plays the organ
  • Romanian: organistă — musician who plays the organ
  • Russian: органи́ст (organíst) — musician who plays the organ
  • Russian: органи́стка (organístka) — musician who plays the organ
  • Spanish: organista — musician who plays the organ
  • Swedish: organist — musician who plays the organ
  • Turkish: orgcu — musician who plays the organ
  • Ukrainian: органі́ст (orhaníst) — musician who plays the organ
  • Ukrainian: органі́стка (orhanístka) — musician who plays the organ
  • Volapük: gelan — musician who plays the organ
  • Volapük: higelan — musician who plays the organ
  • Volapük: jigelan — musician who plays the organ
  • Yiddish: אָרגאַניסט (organist) — musician who plays the organ
  • Yiddish: אָרגלער (orgler) — musician who plays the organ
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