performer

English

Etymology

From perform +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɚˈfɔɹmɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈfɔːmə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)

Noun

performer (plural performers)

1. One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.
2. One who performs or does anything.

   Synonym: (obsolete, rare) performant

   the performer of an action

   • 2014, Amit Rai, Dental Foundation Training, page 28:

     It is imperative that these forms are completed accurately for work performed by you bearing your unique performer number, […]

Hyponyms

• kinker

Derived terms

• autoperformer
• cyberperformer
• nonperformer
• performerly
• street performer

Translations

performer — see also actor,‎ singer,‎ musician

Arabic: عَازِف m (ʕāzif) Belarusian: выкана́ўца m (vykanáwca) Betawi: panjak Bulgarian: изпълни́тел (bg) m (izpǎlnítel), изпълни́телка f (izpǎlnítelka) Chinese: Mandarin: 伶 (zh) (líng) (literary) Czech: interpret (cs) m, interpretka f, umělec (cs) m, umělkyně (cs) f Dutch: uitvoerder (nl) m, uitvoerster f Finnish: esiintyjä (fi) French: artiste (fr) m or f, interprète (fr) m or f, exécutant (fr) m, exécutante (fr) f Georgian: შემსრულებელი (šemsrulebeli) German: Interpret (de) m, Interpretin f Hungarian: előadó (hu), előadóművész (hu) Italian: esecutore (it) m, esecutrice f, interprete (it) m or f Japanese: パフォーマー (pafōmā) Macedonian: изведувач m (izveduvač), изведувачка f (izveduvačka) Maori: kaiwhakaari Plautdietsch: Rollspäla m Polish: wykonawca (pl) m, wykonawczyni (pl) f Romanian: interpret (ro) m, interpretă (ro) f, artist (ro) m, artistă (ro) f Russian: исполни́тель (ru) m (ispolnítelʹ), исполни́тельница (ru) f (ispolnítelʹnica), (actor) актёр (ru) m (aktjór), актри́са (ru) f (aktrísa), арти́ст (ru) m (artíst), арти́стка (ru) f (artístka) Slovak: interpret m, interpretka f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: interpret m, interpretka f Spanish: artista (es) m or f, ejecutor (es) m, ejecutora (es) f, intérprete (es) m or f, desempeñante m or f Ukrainian: викона́вець m (vykonávecʹ), викона́виця f (vykonávycja)

Anagrams

• reperform, prereform

Indonesian

Etymology

From English performer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pərˈfɔrmər/
• Hyphenation: pêr‧for‧mêr

Noun

pêrformêr (plural performer-performer)

1. (art) performer

   Synonym: penampil

Related terms

• performa

Further reading

• “performer”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English performer.

Noun

performer m (plural performeri)

1. performer

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	performer	performerul		performeri	performerii
genitive-dative	performer	performerului		performeri	performerilor
vocative	performerule			performerilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈfoɾmeɾ/ [peɾˈfoɾ.meɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾmeɾ
• Syllabification: per‧for‧mer

Noun

performer m or f by sense (plural performeres)

1. performer