singer

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• rhymes with -ɪŋə(ɹ)
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• General-American: sĭng′ər
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• General-American: /ˈsɪŋ.ɚ/
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• Midlands, Northern-England: /ˈsɪŋ.ɡə/ without the NG-coalescence
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• /ˈsɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
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From singer. * (sewing machines): Named after American inventor and businessman I. M. Singer, the company founder of Singer Sewing Machines * (motorcars): Named after British entrepreneur and businessman George Singer, the company founder of Singer & Co.

Inherited from Middle English synger, syngere, singere, singare, equivalent to sing + -er. Cognate with Scots singar, Saterland Frisian Sjunger, West Frisian sjonger, German Low German Singer. Compare also Old English sangere, Dutch zanger, German Low German Sänger, German Sänger (“singer”), Danish sanger, Swedish sångare, Icelandic söngvari.

From singe + -er.

284 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 辛格 (Xīngé) — surname
• German: Singer — surname
• Polish: Zynger — surname
• Yiddish: זינגער (zinger) — surname
• Afrikaans: sanger — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Albanian: këngëtar — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Southern Altai: сарынчы (sarïnčï) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Amharic: ዘፋኝ (zäfañ) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Arabic: مُطْرِب (muṭrib) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Arabic: مُغَنٍّ (muḡannin) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Arabic: الْمُغَنِّي (al-muḡannī) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Arabic: مغني (moḡanni) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Arabic: مغني (muḡanni) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Aramaic: ܙܡܪܐ (zammārā) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Armenian: երգիչ (ergičʻ) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Aromanian: cãntãtor — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Assamese: গায়ক (gayok) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Asturian: cantante — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Asturian: cantor — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Azerbaijani: müğənni — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Azerbaijani: xanəndə — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Bashkir: йырсы (yırsı) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Bashkir: йырау (yıraw) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Bashkir: йыраусы (yırawsı) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Basque: abeslari — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Basque: kantari — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Belarusian: спява́к (spjavák) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Bengali: গায়ক (gaẏok) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Bhojpuri: गायक (gāyak) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Breton: kaner — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Bulgarian: певе́ц (pevéc) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Burmese: တေးသံရှင် (te:samhrang) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Burmese: အဆိုတော် (a.hcuitau) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Catalan: cantant — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Catalan: cantor — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Catalan: cantaire — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Chinese Cantonese: 歌手 (go1 sau2) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Chinese: чонҗязы (čonjiazɨ) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Chinese: чонҗяр (čonjiar) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Eastern Min Chinese: 歌手 (gŏ̤-chiū) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Hakka Chinese: 歌手 (kô-sú) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Chinese: 歌手 (koa-chhiú / ko-chhiú) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Chinese Mandarin: 歌手 (gēshǒu) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Wu Chinese: 歌手 (1ku-seu) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Corsican: cantadore — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Corsican: cantante — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Czech: zpěvák — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Danish: sanger — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Dutch: zanger — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Dzongkha: སྐད་འཐེན་མི (skad 'then mi) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Esperanto: kantanto — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Esperanto: kantisto — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Estonian: laulja — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Estonian: laulik — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Faroese: sangari — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Finnish: laulaja — person who sings (male or generic term)
• French: chanteur — person who sings (male or generic term)
• West-Frisian: sjonger — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Friulian: cjantautôr — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Friulian: cjantôr — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Friulian: cjantant — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Galician: cantante — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Galician: cantor — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Georgian: მომღერალი (momɣerali) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• German: Sänger — person who sings (male or generic term)
• German: Sängerchen — person who sings (male or generic term)
• German: Sängerlein — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (liuþareis) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Greek: τραγουδιστής (tragoudistís) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Ancient Greek: ἀοιδός (aoidós) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Greenlandic: erinarsortartoq — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Gujarati: ગાયક (gāyak) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Hebrew: זמר \ זַמָּר (zamár) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Hindi: गायक (gāyak) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Hungarian: énekes — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Icelandic: söngvari — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Indonesian: penyanyi — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Ingrian: laulaja — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Ingrian: peutsa — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Irish: amhránaí — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Irish: fonnadóir — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Italian: cantante — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Japanese: 歌手 (kashu) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Kalmyk: дууч (duuç) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Kannada: ಗಾಯಕ (gāyaka) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Kazakh: әнші (änşı) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Khakas: ырӌы (ırcı) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Khakas: сарынӌы (sarıncı) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Khmer: អ្នកចំរៀង (nĕək cɑmriəng) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Khmer: អ្នកច្រៀង (nĕək criəng) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Khmer: គីតិកា (kiitekaa) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Korean: 가수 (gasu) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Kumyk: йырчы (yırçı) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Kumyk: сарынчы (sarınçı) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Central Kurdish: گۆرانیبێژ (goranîbêj) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Northern Kurdish: stranbêj — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Northern Kurdish: kilambêj — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Northern Kurdish: goranîbêj — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Northern Kurdish: ahengbêj — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Kyrgyz: ырчы (ırcı) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Kyrgyz: обончу (oboncu) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Lao: ນັກຮ້ອງ (nak hǭng) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Latin: cantor — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Latvian: dziedātājs — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Ligurian: cantànte — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Lithuanian: dainininkas — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Lombard: cantant — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Low German: Singer — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Lü: ᦋᦱᧂᧈᦣᦸᧂᧉ (tsaang1hoang2) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Luganda: omuyimbi — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Macedonian: пејач (pejač) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Malay: penyanyi — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Malay: biduan — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Malay: vokalis — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Malay: tukang nyanyi — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Malay: pelagu — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Malayalam: ഗായകൻ (gāyakaṉ) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Maltese: kantant — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Māori: kaiwaiata — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Marathi: गायक (gāyak) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Middle English: synger — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Mongolian: дуучин (duučin) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠭᠤᠴᠢᠨ (daɣučin) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Khiamniungan Naga: tsūihānghái — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Nahuatl: cuicani — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Norman: chanteux — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Norwegian Bokmål: sanger — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: songar — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Occitan: cantaire — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Old Occitan: chantador — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Odia: ଗାୟକ (gāyaka) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Old English: sangere — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Pashto: خواننده (xānenda) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Pashto: سندربول (sadǝrbol) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Pashto: آوازخوان (āwāzxwān) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Persian: خْوَانَنْدَه (xwānanda) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Dari: خوَانَنْدَه (xānanda) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Iranian Persian: خوانَنْدِه (xânande) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Piedmontese: cantant — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Polish: piosenkarz — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Polish: śpiewak — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Portuguese: cantor — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Rohingya: gain — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Romagnol: cantânt — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Romanian: cântăreț — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Romansh: chantadur — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Russian: певе́ц (pevéc) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Russian: вокали́ст (vokalíst) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Sanskrit: गायक (gāyaka) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Scots: sanger — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Scots: sangster — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Scottish Gaelic: seinneadair — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Scottish Gaelic: òranaiche — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-seinn — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Serbo-Croatian: пѐва̄ч — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Serbo-Croatian: пјѐва̄ч — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Serbo-Croatian: pèvāč — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Serbo-Croatian: pjèvāč — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Shan: ၵူၼ်းႁဵတ်းၵႂၢမ်း (kúun háet kwáam) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Silesian: śpjywok — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Slovak: spevák — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Slovene: pevec — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Lower Sorbian: spiwaŕ — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Upper Sorbian: spěwar — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Spanish: cantante — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Spanish: cantor — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Sranan Tongo: singiman — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Swahili: mwimbaji — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Swedish: sångare — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Tachawit: acennay — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Tagalog: mang-aawit — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Tagalog: manganganta — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Tajik: сароянда (saroyanda) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Tajik: сурудхон (surudxon) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Tajik: ҳофиз (hofiz) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Tajik: муғаннӣ (muġanni) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Tajik: хонанда (xonanda) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Tamil: பாடகர் (pāṭakar) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Taos: yòʼóna — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Tashelhit: amarir — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Tatar: җырчы (cırçı) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Telugu: పాటగాడు (pāṭagāḍu) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Thai: นักร้อง (nák-rɔ́ɔng) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Tibetan: གླུ་བ (glu ba) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Tibetan: གཞས་མ (gzhas ma) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Tigrinya: ደራፊ (därafi) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Tofa: ыршы — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Turkish: şarkıcı — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Turkish: şantör — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Ottoman Turkish: شرقیجی (şarkıcı) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Turkmen: aýdymçi — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Turkmen: bagşy — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Tuvan: ыраажы (ıraajı) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Ukrainian: співа́к (spivák) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Urdu: گُلُو کار (gulū kār) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Uyghur: ناخشىچى (naxshichi) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Uzbek: ashulachi — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Uzbek: qoʻshiqchi — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Uzbek: hofiz — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Uzbek: xonanda — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Vietnamese: ca sĩ — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Volapük: kanitan — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Volapük: hikanitan — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Walloon: tchanteu — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Welsh: canwr — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Yakut: ырыаһыт (ïrïahït) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Yao (Africa): jwakwimba class 1 — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Yiddish: זינגער (zinger) — person who sings (male or generic term)
• Albanian: këngëtare — female person who sings
• Arabic: مُغَنِّيَة (muḡanniya) — female person who sings
• Arabic: مغنية (moḡaneya) — female person who sings
• Aramaic: ܙܡܪܬܐ (zammārtā) — female person who sings
• Armenian: երգչուհի (ergčʻuhi) — female person who sings
• Asturian: cantante — female person who sings
• Belarusian: спява́чка (spjaváčka) — female person who sings
• Breton: kanerez — female person who sings
• Bulgarian: певи́ца (pevíca) — female person who sings
• Catalan: cantant — female person who sings
• Corsican: cantrice — female person who sings
• Czech: zpěvačka — female person who sings
• Danish: sangerinde — female person who sings
• Dutch: zangeres — female person who sings
• Esperanto: kantantino — female person who sings
• Esperanto: kantistino — female person who sings
• Estonian: lauljanna — female person who sings
• Estonian: lauljatar — female person who sings
• Faroese: sangarinna — female person who sings
• French: chanteuse — female person who sings
• West-Frisian: sjongster — female person who sings
• Galician: cantante — female person who sings
• German: Sängerin — female person who sings
• Greek: τραγουδίστρια (tragoudístria) — female person who sings
• Hebrew: זמרת \ זַמֶּרֶת (zaméret) — female person who sings
• Hindi: गायिका (gāyikā) — female person who sings
• Hungarian: énekesnő — female person who sings
• Icelandic: söngkona — female person who sings
• Italian: cantante — female person who sings
• Khmer: គីតិកា (kiitekaa) — female person who sings
• Latin: cantrīx — female person who sings
• Latvian: dziedātāja — female person who sings
• Ligurian: cantànte — female person who sings
• Lithuanian: dainininkė — female person who sings
• Low German: Singerin — female person who sings
• Low German: Singersch — female person who sings
• Low German: Singersche — female person who sings
• Macedonian: пејачка (pejačka) — female person who sings
• Malay: biduanita — female person who sings
• Malayalam: ഗായിക (gāyika) — female person who sings
• Marathi: गायिका (gāyikā) — female person who sings
• Norman: chant'rêsse — female person who sings
• Norwegian Bokmål: sangerinne — female person who sings
• Norwegian Nynorsk: songarinne — female person who sings
• Occitan: cantaira — female person who sings
• Old English: sangestre — female person who sings
• Piedmontese: cantanta — female person who sings
• Polish: piosenkarka — female person who sings
• Polish: śpiewaczka — female person who sings
• Portuguese: cantora — female person who sings
• Romagnol: cantânta — female person who sings
• Romanian: cântăreață — female person who sings
• Romansh: chantadura — female person who sings
• Russian: певи́ца (pevíca) — female person who sings
• Russian: вокали́стка (vokalístka) — female person who sings
• Serbo-Croatian: пева̀чица — female person who sings
• Serbo-Croatian: пјева̀чица — female person who sings
• Serbo-Croatian: pevàčica — female person who sings
• Serbo-Croatian: pjevàčica — female person who sings
• Slovak: speváčka — female person who sings
• Slovene: pevka — female person who sings
• Spanish: cantante — female person who sings
• Spanish: cantora — female person who sings
• Swedish: sångerska — female person who sings
• Telugu: పాటగత్తె (pāṭagatte) — female person who sings
• Tibetan: གླུ་མ (glu ma) — female person who sings
• Tibetan: གཞས་མ (gzhas ma) — female person who sings
• Turkish: şantöz — female person who sings
• Ukrainian: співа́чка (spiváčka) — female person who sings
• Urdu: گُلُو کارَہ (gulū kāra) — female person who sings
• Volapük: jikanitan — female person who sings
• Walloon: tchanteuse — female person who sings
• Welsh: cantores — female person who sings
• Yiddish: זינגערין (zingerin) — female person who sings
• Italian: gazatrice — person or device that singes
• Welsh: deifiwr — person or device that singes