songwriter

English

Etymology

From song +‎ writer.

Noun

songwriter (plural songwriters)

1. (music) A musician who composes songs; especially writing the song's lyrics and/or creating a melody or a tune for the song.

   We are now collaborating with a famous songwriter.

Synonyms

• cleffer (informal)
• tunesmith (informal)

Related terms

• songwriting
• singer-songwriter

Translations

someone who writes the lyrics and usually the music of songs

• Afrikaans: liedjieskrywer
• Armenian: երգահան (hy) (ergahan)
• Catalan: compositor de cançons m, compositora de cançons f
• Czech: písničkář m
• Dutch: liedjesschrijver (nl) m, songwriter (nl) m
• Faroese: sangskrivari m
• Finnish: lauluntekijä (fi)
• French: auteur-compositeur (fr) m, autrice-compositrice (fr) f, auteure-compositrice (fr) f
• German: Songwriter (de) m, Liedermacher (de) m
• Greek: τραγουδοποιός (el) m (tragoudopoiós)
• Hebrew: משורר (he) m (meshorér)
• Hungarian: dalszerző (hu)
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: текстописец (tekstopisec)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: låtskriver m

• Polish: kompozytor (pl) m, tekściarz m
• Portuguese: compositor (pt) m, compositora (pt) f
• Romanian: compozitor (ro) m
• Russian: пе́сенник (ru) m (pésennik), а́втор те́кста пе́сен m (ávtor téksta pésen), а́втор пе́сен m (ávtor pésen)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobhadair òrain m or f
• Swedish: låtskrivare (sv), kompositör (sv)
• Thai: นักแต่งเพลง (nák-dtɛ̀ng-pleeng)
• Turkish: şarkı yazarı
• Ukrainian: пісня́р m (pisnjár)
• Welsh: cyfansoddwr m caneuon
• West Frisian: lietsjeskriuwer m, lietskriuwer m
• Yiddish: מנגן m (menagen)

Anagrams

• intergrows

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English songwriter.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: song‧wri‧ter

Noun

songwriter m (plural songwriters, diminutive songwritertje n)

1. songwriter

Synonyms

• liedjesschrijver