artist

B1 Topic:Art & Music

Also spelled artisks

US /ˈɑɹ.tɪst/ UK /ˈɑːtɪst/ See IPA manual

Freq #1852

Meanings

1

noun
A person who creates art, such as paintings or sculptures.

The artist spent months on the mural.
2

noun
A person who performs or creates music, films, or other entertainment.

The festival featured many famous recording artists.
3

noun
A person who is very skilled at something.

The chef is a true artist in the kitchen.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · a person who performs or... performer

Word family

Forms artists

Derived forms airtistantiartistarch-artistartistampartistdomartisteartistessartistlikeartistlyartistryasmrtistbread-artist

Related forms art artisan artiste artistic

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Phrases (1)

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pavement artist
an artist who draws on public paving, often for donations

Noun + noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs)der. Latin -ista Late Latin artistader. French artisteder. English artist From French artiste, from Late Latin artista, from ars (“art”). Doublet of artiste. Displaced native Old English cræftiga. By surface analysis, art + -ist.

*h₂er- Proto-Indo-European artiste French artista la-lat

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Topics

Art & Music

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# artist

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɑɹ.tɪst/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɑːtɪst/
**Frequency rank:** 1852

## Meanings
1. A person who creates art, such as paintings or sculptures.
2. A person who performs or creates music, films, or other entertainment.
3. A person who is very skilled at something.

## Examples
- The artist spent months on the mural.
- The festival featured many famous recording artists.
- The chef is a true artist in the kitchen.

## Derived Forms
- airtist
- antiartist
- arch-artist
- artistamp
- artistdom
- artiste
- artistess
- artistlike
- artistly
- artistry
- asmrtist
- bread-artist

## Related Forms
- art
- artisan
- artiste
- artistic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂er-
- Root: artiste
- Root: artista
- Affix: -ist - one who

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs)der. Latin -ista Late Latin artistader. French artisteder. English artist From French artiste, from Late Latin artista, from ars (“art”). Doublet of artiste. Displaced native Old English cræftiga. By surface analysis, art + -ist.

## AI Etymology
Artist comes from French artiste, from Late Latin artista, from ars (“art”). Doublet of artiste. Displaced native Old English cræftiga. By surface analysis, art plus -ist. The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- Art & Music

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