noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK, US:/vɛnˈtɹɪl.ə.kwɪst/
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rhymes with -ɪst
1
noun
Meaning 1
A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: performer, performing artist
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English ventriloquy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English ventriloquist From ventriloquy + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُتَكَلِّم مِنْ بَطْنِه
(mutakallim min baṭnih)
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Aramaic:
ܡܡܠܠ ܡܢ ܟܪܣܐ
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Catalan:
ventríloc
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Catalan:
ventríloqua
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Chinese Mandarin:
口技表演者
(kǒujì biǎoyǎnzhě)
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Chinese Mandarin:
腹語者 /腹语者
(fùyǔzhě)
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Czech:
břichomluvec
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Danish:
buktaler
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Danish:
ventrilokvist
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Dutch:
buikspreker
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Finnish:
vatsastapuhuja
— a person who practices ventriloquism
French:
ventriloque
— a person who practices ventriloquism
German:
Bauchredner
— a person who practices ventriloquism
German:
Bauchrednerin
— a person who practices ventriloquism
German:
Ventriloquist
— a person who practices ventriloquism
German:
Ventriloquistin
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Greek:
εγγαστρίμυθος
(engastrímythos)
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Ancient Greek:
ἐγγαστρίμυθος
(engastrímuthos)
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Hebrew:
פִּיתוֹם
(pitóm)
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Hungarian:
hasbeszélő
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Icelandic:
búktalari
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Ido:
ventroparolanto
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Ido:
ventroparolero
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Italian:
ventriloquo
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Italian:
ventriloqua
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Japanese:
腹話術師
(fukuwajutsushi)
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Latvian:
vēderrunātājs
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Latvian:
vēderrunātāja
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Norwegian Bokmål:
buktaler
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Norwegian Bokmål:
buktalerske
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Norwegian Bokmål:
ventrilokvist
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Norwegian Nynorsk:
buktalar
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Norwegian Nynorsk:
buktalerske
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Norwegian Nynorsk:
ventrilokvist
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Polish:
brzuchomówca
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Polish:
brzuchomówczyni
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Portuguese:
ventríloquo
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Portuguese:
ventríloqua
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Romanian:
ventriloc
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Romanian:
ventrilocă
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Russian:
чревовеща́тель
(črevoveščátelʹ)
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Russian:
чревовеща́тельница
(črevoveščátelʹnica)
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Serbo-Croatian:
трбухозборац
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Serbo-Croatian:
trbuhozborac
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Slovak:
bruchomluvec
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Spanish:
ventrílocuo
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Spanish:
ventrílocua
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Swedish:
buktalare
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Swedish:
buktalerska
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Tagalog:
bentrilokwo
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Turkish:
vantrilok
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Yiddish:
בויכרעדער
(boykhreder)
— a person who practices ventriloquism
Yiddish:
בויכרעדערין
(boykhrederin)
— a person who practices ventriloquism
