musician (mjuːˈzɪʃən
)
Definitions
noun
- a person who plays or composes music, esp as a profession
Alternative Forms
muˈsicianly adjectiveQuotations
"I am not a musician. I don't go in too deep. If you have the music in your head, and you sing it with your body, then you'll be alright"
"I'm a concert pianist - that's a pretentious way of saying I'm unemployed"
Translations
- British English:
musician
A musician is a person who plays a musical instrument as their job or hobby.He was a brilliant musician.mjuːˈzɪʃən NOUN He was a brilliant musician.
- Spanish:
músico
nm música
- French:
musicien
nm
- German:
Musiker
nm Musikerin
- Chinese: 音乐家 n
- Arabic: عَازِفٌ مُوسِيقِيّ n
- Portuguese: músico nm
- Russian: музыкант nm
- Croatian: glazbenik nm
- Czech: hudebník nm hudebnice
- Danish: musiker nutr
- Dutch: musicus nm musicienne
- Finnish: muusikko n
- Greek: μουσικός n
- Italian: musicista nm__nf
- Japanese: 音楽家 n
- Korean: 음악가 n
- Norwegian: musiker nm
- Polish: muzyk nm muzyczka
- Brazilian Portuguese: músico nm
- European Spanish:
músico
nm música
- Swedish: musiker nutr
- Thai: นักดนตรี n
- Turkish: müzisyen n
- Vietnamese: nhạc công n
Usage examples
He was a musician , a pretty good guitarist, who would never quite make it.
, MAN AND WIFE (2002)A lot of people don't know I was an actor before I was a musician.
NME (New Musical Express) (2002)Rock musician Pete Townshend was recently arrested in the British arm of the international probe.
Globe and Mail (2003)Colin O'Riordan MA PhD, musician ; born December 6, 1943, died October 28, 2001.
Glasgow Herald (2001)For the first time since Karajan a leading musician was in the chair.
, A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945 (2003)