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singer
English
Etymology 1
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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s???/
- (General American) enPR: s?ng??r IPA(key): /?s???/
- Rhymes: -???(?)
Noun
singer (plural singers)
- A person who sings, often professionally.
- (square dance) dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure.
Synonyms
- (person who sings): cantor, chanter
Hyponyms
- (person who sings):
- (female): cantrix (archaic), chanteuse, chantress, singeress (obsolete, rare), songstress
- (male): songster
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (shing?)
Translations
Etymology 2
From singe +? -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?nd???(?)/
- Rhymes: -?nd??(?)
Noun
singer (plural singers)
- A person who, or device which, singes.
- A machine for singeing cloth.
Translations
Anagrams
- Greins, Negris, nigres, re-nigs, re-sign, reigns, renigs, resign, resing, ringes, signer
French
Etymology
In at least the ape sense, from singe (“monkey”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??.?e/
Verb
singer
- to ape
- to sprinkle with flour
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written singe- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Further reading
- “singer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- signer
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- what singer passed away yesterday
chorister
English
Etymology
Derived from choir +? -ster, from late Middle English queristre, from an Anglo-Norman variant of Old French cueriste, from cuer (see Middle French cuer).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k???st?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k???st??/
Noun
chorister (plural choristers)
- A singer in a choir.
- A director or leader of a choral group.
Synonyms
- quirister
Translations
Anagrams
- herstoric, rhetorics, torchiers
chorister From the web:
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