songster

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From Middle English songster, sangester, sangstere, from Old English sangestre (“a female singer; songstress”), equivalent to song + -ster. Cognate with Scots sangstar (“singer; songster”). Compare also West Frisian sjongster (“singer; female singer; vocalist”).

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: певе́ц (pevéc) — man who sings songs
• Czech: pěvec — man who sings songs
• Czech: zpěvák — man who sings songs
• Danish: sanger — man who sings songs
• Dutch: zanger — man who sings songs
• Finnish: laulaja — man who sings songs
• French: chanteur — man who sings songs
• German: Sänger — man who sings songs
• Hungarian: énekes — man who sings songs
• Hungarian: dalnok — man who sings songs
• Italian: cantante — man who sings songs
• Japanese: 歌手 (kashu) — man who sings songs
• Latin: cantator — man who sings songs
• Norwegian Bokmål: sanger — man who sings songs
• Polish: pieśniarz — man who sings songs
• Polish: pieśniarka — man who sings songs
• Polish: piewca — man who sings songs
• Portuguese: cantor — man who sings songs
• Russian: певе́ц (pevéc) — man who sings songs
• Russian: пе́сенник (pésennik) — man who sings songs
• Scottish Gaelic: fear-seinn — man who sings songs
• Serbo-Croatian: пјева̀ч — man who sings songs
• Serbo-Croatian: pjevàč — man who sings songs
• Spanish: cantante — man who sings songs
• Spanish: cantor — man who sings songs
• Welsh: canwr — man who sings songs
• Welsh: cantor — man who sings songs
• Dutch: songster — Salvation Army chorister
• Polish: pieśniarz w Armii Zbawienia — Salvation Army chorister
• Polish: pieśniarka w Armii Zbawienia — Salvation Army chorister
• Bulgarian: мъжка пойна птица (mǎžka pojna ptica) — male songbird
• Polish: ptak śpiewający — male songbird
• Bulgarian: песенник (pesennik) — one who writes songs
• Polish: autor tekstów piosenek — one who writes songs
• Polish: autorka tekstów piosenek — one who writes songs
• Russian: пе́сенник (pésennik) — one who writes songs
• Ukrainian: пісня́р (pisnjár) — one who writes songs
• Bulgarian: песнопойка (pesnopojka) — songbook, book of songs
• Polish: śpiewnik — songbook, book of songs