singer
/ˈsɪŋ.ə//ˈsɪŋ.ɚ/
singer noun: a person who sings, often professionally.
Noun (1)
singer (plural singers)
- A person who sings, often professionally.
- It's the singer, not the song.
- dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure.
Noun (2)
IPA/ˈsɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
singer (plural singers)
- A person who, or device which, singes.
- A machine for singeing cloth.
Proper noun capitalized: Singer
Singer
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- Nick Reiner is “responsible” for the deaths of his parents, legendary Hollywood director Rob Reiner and producer Michele Singer Reiner, Los Angeles police said.2025 December 16, Alexandra Banner, “5 things to know for Dec. 16: Rob Reiner death investigation, Bondi Beach attack, Brown University shooter, Boat strikes, BBC”, in CNN
- A railway station in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, named after the Singer sewing machine factory that formerly existed there (OS grid ref NS4970).
Noun (3) capitalized: Singer
Singer (plural Singers)
- A sewing machine of the Singer brand.
- They were ancient industrial Singers, made of iron and brass and strung with heavy cotton binding thread that fed like spider webs from spools perched on tall twin spindles.2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 288
- A motorcar from a former make of British motor car.
singer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
singer in Hindi
- person who sings (male or generic term)
- गायक gāyak
- female person who sings
- गायिका gāyikā
singer in Tamil
- person who sings (male or generic term)
- பாடகர் pāṭakar
singer in Marathi
- person who sings (male or generic term)
- गायक gāyak
- female person who sings
- गायिका gāyikā
singer in Urdu
- person who sings (male or generic term)
- گُلُو کار gulū kār
- female person who sings
- گُلُو کارَہ gulū kāra
More languagesFewer languages
- singer in Bengali
- গায়ক gaẏok
- singer in Telugu
- పాటగాడు pāṭagāḍu, పాటగత్తె pāṭagatte
- singer in Malayalam
- ഗായകൻ gāyakaṉ, ഗായിക gāyika
- singer in Kannada
- ಗಾಯಕ gāyaka
- singer in Punjabi
- ਗਾਇਕ, ਗਾਇਕਾ
- singer in Gujarati
- ગાયક gāyak
- singer in Odia
- ଗାୟକ gāyaka
- singer in Sanskrit
- गायक gāyaka
- singer in Assamese
- গায়ক gayok
- singer in Nepali
- गायक gāyak
- singer in Pashto
- خواننده xānenda, سندربول sadǝrbol, آوازخوان āwāzxwān
- singer in Tagalog
- mang-aawit, manganganta
- singer in Arabic
- مُطْرِب muṭrib, مُغَنٍّ muḡannin, الْمُغَنِّي al-muḡannī, مُغَنِّيَة muḡanniya
- singer in Malay
- penyanyi, biduan, vokalis, tukang nyanyi
- singer in Indonesian
- penyanyi
- singer in Thai
- นักร้อง nák-rɔ́ɔng
- singer in Vietnamese
- ca sĩ
- singer in Myanmar
- တေးသံရှင် te:samhrang, အဆိုတော် a.hcuitau
- Dzongkha
- སྐད་འཐེན་མི skad 'then mi
Examples of singer in a sentence
- To everyone's great relief, the tuneless carol singers finally ceased their warbling.
- Who is coming to your party? Who are your favourite singers?
- The exhausted singer collapsed on stage and had to be taken to the hospital.
Synonyms of singer
Forms of singer
| plural | singers |
|---|---|
| plural | Singers |
Origin of singer
Inherited from Middle English synger, syngere, singere, singare, equivalent to sing + -er. Cognate with Scots singar, Saterland Frisian Sjunger, West Frisian sjonger, German Low German Singer. Compare also Old English sangere, Dutch zanger, German Low German Sänger, German Sänger (“singer”), Danish sanger, Swedish sångare, Icelandic söngvari.
From singe + -er.
From singer. * (sewing machines): Named after American inventor and businessman I. M. Singer, the company founder of Singer Sewing Machines * (motorcars): Named after British entrepreneur and businessman George Singer, the company founder of Singer & Co.
Words formed from singer
Phrases with singer
Words that rhyme with singer
Questions about singer
- What does singer mean?
- Singer means a person who sings, often professionally.
- What is singer in Hindi?
- Singer in Hindi is गायक (gāyak), गायिका (gāyikā). See Singer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is singer?
- Singer can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce singer?
- Singer is pronounced /ˈsɪŋ.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of singer?
- The plural of singer is singers.
Words near singer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: singer (page history and authors); Singer (page history and authors); singer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); गायक (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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