songstress

songstress

English

Etymology

From songster +‎ -ess. Compare West Frisian sjongeres (“songstress”), Dutch zangeres (“songstress”).

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Noun

songstress (plural songstresses)

1. A female singer.
2. A female songbird.

Synonyms

• singeress

Related terms

• songster

Translations

a female singer

Chinese: Mandarin: 女歌手 (nǚ gēshǒu) Czech: zpěvačka (cs) f, pěvkyně (cs) f Danish: sangerinde (da) c Dutch: zangeres (nl) f Esperanto: kantistino Finnish: laulajatar (fi), naislaulaja (fi) French: chanteuse (fr) f German: Sängerin (de) f Hungarian: énekesnő (hu) Italian: cantante (it) m or f Japanese: 女性歌手 (じょせいかしゅ, josei kashu), 歌姫 (うたひめ, utahime)

Latin: cantrīx f Norwegian: Bokmål: sangerinne (no) m or f Polish: śpiewaczka (pl) f Portuguese: cantora (pt) f Russian: певи́ца (ru) f (pevíca), певу́нья (ru) f (pevúnʹja) (less common) Scottish Gaelic: bean-seinn f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пјева̀чица f Roman: pjevàčica (sh) f Spanish: cantante (es) m or f, cantora f Yiddish: זינגערין‎ f (zingerin), זינגערקע‎ f (zingerke)