# artist
## English
### Etymology

From French artiste, from Late Latin artista, from ars (“art”). Doublet of artiste. Displaced native Old English cræftiga. By surface analysis, art +‎ -ist.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɑːtɪst/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈɑɹ.tɪst/, [ˈɑɹ.ɾɪst]
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪst

### Noun

artist (plural artists)
* A person who creates art.
** A person who creates art as an occupation.
* (often in combination) A person who is skilled at some activity.
* A recording artist.
* A person who creates visual art (in contrast to literature, music etc.)

#### Hyponyms

(a person who creates art):
* animator
* drawer
* painter
* sculptor
** See Category:en:Artists.

#### Derived terms

* airtist
* antiartist
* arch-artist
* artistamp
* artistdom
* artiste
* artistess
* artistlike
* artistly
* artistry
* artist's conception
* artist's conk
* artist's fungus
* artist's impression
* artist's proof
* ASMRtist
* balloon artist
* bread-artist
* concept artist
* cover artist
* cyberartist
* dartist
* drag artist
* ecoartist
* fine artist
* foley artist
* food artist
* graffiti artist
* graphic artist
* land artist
* latte artist
* make-up artist
* microartist
* mixed martial artist
* nonartist
* paleoartist
* pavement artist
* performance artist
* photo artist
* pixel artist
* recording artist
* sidewalk artist
* starving artist
* street artist
* tattoo artist
* visual artist
* voice artist
* war artist
* booze artist
* bullshit artist
* clutch artist
* con artist
* crap artist
* escape artist
* grog artist
* jab artist
* martial artist
* pavement artist
* pickup artist
* piss artist
* quick-change artist
* scam artist
* trapeze artist
* wheel artist
* confidence artist
* face artist
* graf artist
* handcuff artist
* makeup artist
* marine artist
* outsider artist
* photographic artist
* sound artist
* takeover artist
* turnaround artist

#### Related terms

* art
* artisan
* artiste
* artistic

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: アーティスト (ātisuto)

#### Translations
### Adjective

artist (comparative more artist, superlative most artist)
* (archaic) Artistic.
** 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:, vol.1, ch.24:
    Nature, to shew that nothing is savage in whatsoever she produceth, causeth oftentimes, even in rudest and most unarted nations, productions of spirits to arise, that confront and wrestle with the most artist productions.

### Anagrams

* Rattis, Strait, atrist, ittars, star it, strait, strati, traits

## Albanian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin artista or French artiste, ultimately from Latin ars.

### Noun

artist m (plural artistë, definite artisti, definite plural artistët); feminine equivalent artiste
* artist (all senses)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
* “artist”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* Newmark, L. (1999) “artist”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎

## Azerbaijani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɑrˈtist]
* Audio (Baku):(file)
* Hyphenation: ar‧tist

### Noun

artist (definite accusative artisti, plural artistlər)
* actor, performer
    Xalq Artisti (title) ― People's Artist

#### Derived terms

* artistlik

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From French artiste

### Noun

artist
* artist, actor

#### Declension
### References

* “artist”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Late Latin artista (“artist”), from ars (“art”).

### Noun

artist m (plural artiscj)
* artist

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From French artiste.

### Noun

artist m (definite singular artisten, indefinite plural artister, definite plural artistene)
* an artist (performer)

### References

* “artist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From French artiste.

### Noun

artist m (definite singular artisten, indefinite plural artistar, definite plural artistane)
* an artist (performer)

### References

* “artist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French artiste. By surface analysis, artă +‎ -ist.

### Noun

artist m (plural artiști)
* artist

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* àrtista (Bosnia, Serbia)

### Etymology

From French artiste, from Latin artista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǎrtist/
* Hyphenation: ar‧tist

### Noun

àrtist m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ртист)
* artist

#### Declension
### References

* “artist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

artist c
* an artist (who does not create works of art in the usual sense (and, often, performs in front of an audience) – most commonly a musician)
** 1989, Magnus Uggla, Anders Henriksson, “Jag mår illa [I feel sick]”, in 35-åringen [The 35-year-old]‎, performed by Magnus Uggla:Jag sitter efter maten och läser bland citaten i raden utav skvallermagasin. Där vimlar vokalister, skådisar, artister, som älskar visa upp sitt fula flin.I'm sitting after dinner ["the food" – a meal, usually dinner] and reading among the quotes in the row [in the sense of range] of gossip magazines. There vocalists, actors, artists abound [would normally have an och (“and”) in Swedish as well], who love showing off their ugly grin.
** a performer
    cirkusartistercircus performers

#### Usage notes

An artist who creates works of art in the usual sense, like a painter or sculptor, is a konstnär.

#### See also

* konstnär

### References

* artist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* artist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* artist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* ritats, trista