songstress

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

songstress (plural songstresses)

A female singer.
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)

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