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singer-songwriter

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A musician who both sings and composes, especially when recording or performing their own compositions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From dvandva compound of singer + songwriter.

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُغَنٍّ مُؤَلِّف (muḡannin muʔallif) — singer-songwriter
  • Arabic: مُغَنِّيَة مُؤَلِّفَة — singer-songwriter
  • Azerbaijani: müğənni-bəstəkar — singer-songwriter
  • Catalan: cantautor — singer-songwriter
  • Catalan: cantautora — singer-songwriter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 創作歌手 /创作歌手 (chuàngzuò gēshǒu) — singer-songwriter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 唱作人 (chuàngzuòrén) — singer-songwriter
  • Corsican: cantautore — singer-songwriter
  • Corsican: cantautrice — singer-songwriter
  • Czech: písničkář — singer-songwriter
  • Czech: písničkářka — singer-songwriter
  • Dutch: singer-songwriter — singer-songwriter
  • Dutch: zanger-liedschrijver — singer-songwriter
  • Dutch: zangeres-liedschrijfster — singer-songwriter
  • Finnish: laulaja-lauluntekijä — singer-songwriter
  • French: auteur-compositeur-interprète — singer-songwriter
  • French: autrice-compositrice-interprète — singer-songwriter
  • French: auteure-compositrice-interprète — singer-songwriter
  • West-Frisian: sjonger-lietsjeskriuwer — singer-songwriter
  • West-Frisian: sjonger-lietskriuwer — singer-songwriter
  • Friulian: cjantautôr — singer-songwriter
  • Galician: cantautor — singer-songwriter
  • Galician: cantautora — singer-songwriter
  • German: Singer-Songwriter — singer-songwriter
  • German: Singer-Songwriterin — singer-songwriter
  • German: Liedermacher — singer-songwriter
  • German: Liedermacherin — singer-songwriter
  • German: Sänger-Liedschreiber — singer-songwriter
  • German: Sängerin-Liedschreiberin — singer-songwriter
  • Hebrew: זמר־יוצר — singer-songwriter
  • Hebrew: זמרת־יוצרת — singer-songwriter
  • Irish: amhránaí is scríbhneoir — singer-songwriter
  • Italian: cantautore — singer-songwriter
  • Italian: cantautrice — singer-songwriter
  • Japanese: シンガーソングライター (shingā songuraitā) — singer-songwriter
  • Korean: 싱어송라이터 (sing'eosongnaiteo) — singer-songwriter
  • Korean: 작곡가 겸 가수 (jakgokga gyeom gasu) — singer-songwriter
  • Macedonian: кантавтор (kantavtor) — singer-songwriter
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sanger-låtskriver — singer-songwriter
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: songar-låtskrivar — singer-songwriter
  • Occitan: cantautor — singer-songwriter
  • Occitan: cantautritz — singer-songwriter
  • Occitan: cantautora — singer-songwriter
  • Polish: pieśniarz — singer-songwriter
  • Polish: pieśniarka — singer-songwriter
  • Portuguese: cantautor — singer-songwriter
  • Portuguese: cantautora — singer-songwriter
  • Romanian: cantautor — singer-songwriter
  • Romanian: cantautoare — singer-songwriter
  • Russian: а́втор-исполни́тель (ávtor-ispolnítelʹ) — singer-songwriter
  • Russian: бард (bard) — singer-songwriter
  • Scots: sangster-sangwriter — singer-songwriter
  • Slovak: pesničkár — singer-songwriter
  • Slovak: pesničkárka — singer-songwriter
  • Spanish: cantautor — singer-songwriter
  • Spanish: cantautora — singer-songwriter
  • Swedish: trubadur — singer-songwriter
  • Swedish: visartist — singer-songwriter
  • Swedish: singer-songwriter — singer-songwriter
  • Swedish: sångartist — singer-songwriter
  • Turkish: şarkıcı-şarkı yazarı — singer-songwriter
  • Turkish: şarkıcı-söz yazarı — singer-songwriter
  • Vietnamese: ca nhạc sĩ — singer-songwriter
  • Welsh: canwr-gyfansoddwr — singer-songwriter
  • Welsh: cantores-gyfansoddwres — singer-songwriter
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