artiste

Definitions of artiste
  1. noun
    a public performer (a dancer or singer)
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    interprète
    an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
  2. noun
    an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
    synonyms: interprète
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    acteur, interprète
    a theatrical performer
    comique, comédien
    a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
    danseur
    a performer who dances professionally
    jongleur
    a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity
    magicien, prestidigitateur
    someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
    ménestrel
    a performer in a minstrel show
    instrumentiste, musicien
    someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
    ventriloque
    a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy
    actrice
    a female actor
    danseur de ballet
    a trained dancer who is a member of a ballet company
    danseuse du ventre
    a woman who performs a solo belly dance
    violoncelliste
    someone who plays a violoncello
    clarinettiste
    a musician who plays the clarinet
    clown, pitre
    a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
    flûtiste
    someone who plays the flute
    guitariste
    a musician who plays the guitar
    harpiste
    someone who plays the harp
    intermédiaire
    the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
    blagueur
    a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes
    personnage principal
    actor who plays the leading male role
    pantomime
    an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
    hautboïste
    a musician who plays the oboe
    organiste
    a person who plays an organ
    percussionniste
    a musician who plays percussion instruments
    pianiste
    a person who plays the piano
    cornemuseur
    someone who plays the bagpipe
    acteur
    an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
    saxophoniste
    a musician who plays the saxophone
    chanteur
    a person who sings
    soliste
    a musician who performs a solo
    acteur principal
    an actor who plays a principal role
    figurant, figurante
    a minor actor in crowd scenes
    danseur à claquettes
    a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes
    tromboniste
    a musician who plays the trombone
    violoniste
    a musician who plays the violin
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    amuseur, comique, fantaisiste
    a person who tries to please or amuse
  3. noun
    a professional whose work is consistently of high quality
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    pro, professionnel
    a person engaged in one of the learned professions
  4. noun
    a creator of great skill in the manual arts
    synonyms: artisan
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    créateur
    a person who grows or makes or invents things
  5. noun
    a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
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    illustrateur
    an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.)
    dessinateur
    an artist skilled at drawing
    aquafortiste
    someone who etches
    maestro, maître
    an artist of consummate skill
    musicien
    artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
    artiste peintre, peintre
    an artist who paints
    photographe
    someone who takes photographs professionally
    graphiste
    an artist who designs and makes prints
    sculpteur
    an artist who creates sculptures
    surréaliste
    an artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism
    symboliste
    a member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols
    cadreur, cameraman
    a photographer who operates a movie camera
    cartoonist
    a person who draws cartoons
    chantre, chef de choeur, maître de choeur
    the musical director of a choir
    compositeur
    someone who composes music as a profession
    chef d'orchestre
    the person who leads a musical group
    lithographe
    a printmaker who uses lithography
    sculpteur
    a woman sculptor
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    créateur
    a person who grows or makes or invents things
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