artiste

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rhyming with feast and meaning 'a professional performer, especially a singer or dancer', is a separate borrowing from French and not a feminine form of artist, which has the distinct meaning of someone who works in one of the fine arts. Artiste, which carries no notion of artistry, is now regarded as at best an affectation and at worst an insult; usually a word such as performer would do just as well. Examples:

Distinguished people make a practice of visiting the opera, and pull rank so as to meet the artistes, especially attractive females—R. Butters, 1991.

Bollywood might soon be a viable ticket to superstardom for these artistes—The Week (India), 2004.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A public performer (a dancer or singer).

Tutor's tip: An "artist" (one skilled in a fine art) can also be an "artiste" (public performer), but an "artiste" is not necessarily an "artist."

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See words rhyming with "artiste."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - scenekunstner, optrædende

Nederlands (Dutch)
professionele artiest

Français (French)
n. - (Cin, Théât, TV) artiste

Deutsch (German)
n. - Artist, Künstler

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αρτίστα(ς), θεατρίνος, (καθομ.) στριπτιζέζ

Italiano (Italian)
artista

idioms:

• cabaret artiste    artista di varietà
• circus artiste    artista di circo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - artista (m) (f), músico (m), literato (m)

idioms:

• cabaret artiste    artista (m) (f) de cabaré
• circus artiste    artista (m) (f) de circo

Русский (Russian)
эстрадный артист

idioms:

• cabaret artiste    артист кабаре
• circus artiste    артист цирка

Español (Spanish)
n. - artista

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - artist, skicklig yrkesutövare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
技艺家

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 技藝家

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 예능인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 芸能人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فنان : المعني, ممثل, راقص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אמן, שחקן, בדרן מקצועי, בד"כ זמר או רקדן‬

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