songstress

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑŋɡ.stɹɪs/

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• Rhymes: -ɑŋɡstɹɪs

Noun

songstress (plural songstresses)

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

Synonyms

• (female singer): cantrix (archaic), chanteuse, chantress, singeress (obsolete, rare)

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 (ja) (うたひめ, utahime)
• Latin: cantrīx (la) f
• Middle English: syngeresse, syngster
• 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 (es) f
• Swedish: sångerska (sv) c
• Ukrainian: співа́чка f (spiváčka)
• Yiddish: זינגערין f (zingerin), זינגערקע f (zingerke)