noun
Meaning 1
One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.
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
performer
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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General-American: /pɚˈfɔɹmɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈfɔːmə/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: P ER0 F AO1 R M ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who performs or does anything.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- the performer of an action
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: performant
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: performing artist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: entertainer
Narrower terms: actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player, artiste, baton twirler, twirler, comedian, comic, cowboy, rodeo rider, dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean, executant, fire-eater, fire-swallower, fire walker, geek, headliner, star, juggler, magician, prestidigitator, conjurer, conjuror, illusionist, minstrel, monologist, musician, instrumentalist, puppeteer, Savoyard, sightreader, snake charmer, straight man, second banana, stripper, striptease artist, striptease, stripteaser, exotic dancer, ecdysiast, peeler, strongman, vaudevillian, ventriloquist
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English perform 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 performer From perform + -er.
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عَازِف (ʕāzif) — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Belarusian: выкана́ўца (vykanáwca) — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Betawi: panjak — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Bulgarian: изпълни́тел (izpǎlnítel) — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Bulgarian: изпълни́телка (izpǎlnítelka) — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Chinese Mandarin: 伶 (líng) — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Czech: interpret — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Czech: interpretka — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Czech: umělec — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Czech: umělkyně — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Dutch: uitvoerder — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Dutch: uitvoerster — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Finnish: esiintyjä — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- French: artiste — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- French: interprète — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- French: exécutant — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- French: exécutante — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Georgian: შემსრულებელი (šemsrulebeli) — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- German: Interpret — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- German: Interpretin — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Hungarian: előadó — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Hungarian: előadóművész — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Italian: esecutore — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Italian: esecutrice — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Italian: interprete — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Japanese: パフォーマー (pafōmā) — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Macedonian: изведувач (izveduvač) — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Macedonian: изведувачка (izveduvačka) — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Māori: kaiwhakaari — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Plautdietsch: Rollspäla — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Polish: wykonawca — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Polish: wykonawczyni — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Romanian: interpret — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Romanian: interpretă — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Romanian: artist — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Romanian: artistă — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Russian: исполни́тель (ispolnítelʹ) — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Russian: исполни́тельница (ispolnítelʹnica) — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Russian: актёр (aktjór) — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Russian: актри́са (aktrísa) — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Russian: арти́ст (artíst) — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Russian: арти́стка (artístka) — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Slovak: interpret — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Slovak: interpretka — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Lower Sorbian: interpret — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Lower Sorbian: interpretka — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Spanish: artista — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Spanish: ejecutor — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Spanish: ejecutora — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Spanish: intérprete — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Spanish: desempeñante — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Ukrainian: викона́вець (vykonávecʹ) — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
- Ukrainian: викона́виця (vykonávycja) — performer — see also actor, singer, musician
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