Meaning

1 senses
  1. A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.

    Jenny is a talented musician, playing the cello, saxophone, piano and guitar.

    Musiker, Musikerin, Musikant m Musikantin

    музыка́нтmuzykánt, музыка́нткаmuzykántka

    музика́нтmuzykánt, музика́нткаmuzykántka

    someone who plays a music as a profession

Examples

468 sentences
  1. He is a scientist and musician.

    Він науковець та музикант.

    ruОн учёный и музыкант.

    deEr ist Wissenschaftler und Musiker.

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  2. Tom is a promising young musician.

    Том — перспективний молодий музикант.

    ruТом — перспективный молодой музыкант.

    deTom ist ein vielversprechender junger Musiker.

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  3. I thought Tom was a musician.

    Я думав, що Том - музикант.

    ruЯ думал, Том - музыкант.

    deIch dachte, Tom sei Musiker.

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  4. Tom has always been a musician.

    Том завжди був музикантом.

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  5. Tom and I are professional musicians.

    Ми з Томом професійні музиканти.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person who performs or writes music:
Русский
By meaning 1
person who performs or writes music:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who performs or writes music:

Origin

From Middle English musician, musicien, from Old French musicien (“musician”), equivalent

From Middle English musician, musicien, from Old French musicien (“musician”), equivalent to musike + -ien. By surface analysis, music + -ician.

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Forms

plural: musicians
Singularmusician
Pluralmusicians

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

14 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a professional musician
  • professional musician
  • talented musician
  • is a musician
  • very talented musician
  • famous musician
  • a jazz musician
  • jazz musician
  • a famous musician
  • better musician than
  • a street musician
  • a studio musician

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
musician — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto