"contortionist" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kənˈtɔː(ɹ)ʃənɪst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-contortionist.wav [Southern-England] Forms: contortionists [plural]
Etymology: From contortion + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|contortion|ist}} contortion + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} contortionist (plural contortionists)
  1. An acrobat who is capable of twisting their body into unusual positions. Translations (acrobat): slangmens (Afrikaans), lyfvlegter (Afrikaans), contorsionista [feminine, masculine] (Asturian), contorsionista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 柔術演員 (Chinese Mandarin), 柔术演员 (róushù yǎnyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), slangemenneske [neuter] (Danish), slangenmens [masculine, neuter] (Dutch), contorsionist [masculine] (Dutch), contorsioniste [feminine] (Dutch), བཟོ་སྒྱུར་པ (bzo sgyur pa) (Dzongkha), käärmeihminen (Finnish), contorsionniste [feminine, masculine] (French), contorsionista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Schlangenmensch [masculine] (German), Kontorsionist [masculine] (German), kígyóember (Hungarian), gumiember (Hungarian), contorsionista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), contorcionista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), contorsionist [masculine] (Romanian), челове́к-змея́ (čelovék-zmejá) [masculine] (Russian), конторсиони́ст (kontorsioníst) [masculine] (Russian), конторсиони́стка (kontorsionístka) [feminine] (Russian), contorsionista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), ormmänniska [common-gender] (Swedish), kontorsiyonista (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-contortionist-en-noun-dr19Xpc0 Disambiguation of 'acrobat': 88 12
  2. One who twists words and phrases.
    Sense id: en-contortionist-en-noun-aS8SlqWd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: contort, contortion, contortionism

Inflected forms

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