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singer

/ˈsɪŋə/SIH-ngur
/ˈsɪŋɚ/SIH-ngur

Meaningone who sings

Common meaning: a person who sings

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishsingansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishsingensource
  3. Englishsing‘to make music with the voice’
  4. Englishformed in English from singsinger‘a person who sings’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from sing + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SING, p.555 · scan

Source words

  • singan Old English · source word “to make music with the voice”

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