singer-songwriter

See also: Singer-Songwriter

English

Etymology

Dvandva compound of singer +‎ songwriter.

Noun

singer-songwriter (plural singer-songwriters)

A musician who both sings and composes, especially when recording or performing his or her own compositions.

Alternative forms

singer/songwriter

Translations

singer-songwriter

Arabic: مُغَنٍّ مُؤَلِّف m (muḡannin muʔallif), مُغَنِّيَة مُؤَلِّفَة f (muḡanniya(t) muʔallifa)
Catalan: cantautor (ca) m, cantautora (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 創作歌手／创作歌手 (chuàngzuò gēshǒu), 唱作人 (zh) (chuàngzuòrén)
Corsican: cantautore m, cantautrice f
Czech: písničkář m, písničkářka f
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: singer-songwriter (nl) m or f, zanger-liedschrijver (nl) m, zangeres-liedschrijfster f
Finnish: laulaja-lauluntekijä (fi)
French: auteur-compositeur-interprète (fr) m, autrice-compositrice-interprète (fr) f, auteure-compositrice-interprète f
Friulian: cjantautôr m
Galician: cantautor m, cantautora f
German: Singer-Songwriter (de) m, Singer-Songwriterin f, Liedermacher (de) m, Liedermacherin (de) f, Sänger-Liedschreiber m, Sängerin-Liedschreiberin f
Hebrew: זמר-יוצר, זמרת-יוצרת
Irish: amhránaí is scríbhneoir m
Italian: cantautore (it) m, cantautrice (it) f
Japanese: シンガーソングライター (shingā songuraitā)
Korean: 싱어송라이터 (sing'eosongnaiteo), 작곡가 겸 가수 (jakgokga gyeom gasu)
Macedonian: кантавтор m (kantavtor)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sanger-låtskriver m

Nynorsk: songar-låtskrivar m
Occitan: cantautor m, cantautritz f, cantautora f (rare)
Polish: pieśniarz (pl) m, pieśniarka (pl) f
Portuguese: cantautor (pt) m, cantautora f
Romanian: cantautor (ro) m, cantautoare (ro) f
Russian: а́втор-исполни́тель (ru) m (ávtor-ispolnítelʹ), бард (ru) m (bard)
Scots: sangster-sangwriter
Slovak: pesničkár m, pesničkárka f
Spanish: cantautor (es) m or f, cantautora (es) f
Swedish: trubadur (sv) c, visartist c, singer-songwriter c, sångartist c
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
West Frisian: sjonger-lietsjeskriuwer m, sjonger-lietskriuwer m

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