singer

A1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈsɪŋɚ/ UK /ˈsɪŋə/ See IPA manual

Freq #2918

Meanings

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noun
A person who sings, often as their job.

She is one of the most famous singers in the world.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who sings, often... songster

Word family

Forms singers

Derived forms filksingerfolksingernonsingersinger-songwritersingeresssingerlikesingerlysingresssupersinger

Related forms mastersingermeistersingersongersongstersongstress

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Phrases (1)

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torch singer
a singer specializing in sentimental songs about unrequited or lost love

Noun + noun

Etymology

Inherited 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.

synger Middle English

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# singer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsɪŋɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsɪŋə/
**Frequency rank:** 2918

## Meanings
1. A person who sings, often as their job.

## Examples
- She is one of the most famous singers in the world.

## Derived Forms
- filksinger
- folksinger
- nonsinger
- singer-songwriter
- singeress
- singerlike
- singerly
- singress
- supersinger

## Related Forms
- mastersinger
- meistersinger
- songer
- songster
- songstress

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: synger

## Etymology
Inherited 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.

## AI Etymology
Singer is inherited 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. Important forms in the word's history include Middle English synger. In current use it includes the sense A person who sings, often as their job.

## Topics
- People & Society

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