"lyricist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪɹ.ɪsɪst/ Forms: lyricists [plural]
Etymology: lyric + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lyric|ist}} lyric + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} lyricist (plural lyricists)
  1. A person who writes the lyrics of a song. Categories (topical): Music, Occupations, People Translations (writer of lyrics): երգահան (ergahan) (Armenian), lletrista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 作詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 作词 (zuòcí) (Chinese Mandarin), 作詞家 (Chinese Mandarin), 作词家 (zuòcíjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), 作詞者 (Chinese Mandarin), 作词者 (zuòcízhě) (Chinese Mandarin), tekstdichter [common-gender] (Dutch), sanoittaja (Finnish), parolier [masculine] (French), letrista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Textdichter [masculine] (German), Liedtexter [masculine] (German), paroliere [masculine] (Italian), 作詞家 (sakushika) (alt: さくしか) (Japanese), 作詞者 (sakushisha) (alt: さくししゃ) (Japanese), 작사가 (jaksaga) (Korean), 작사자 (jaksaja) (Korean), текстопи́сец (tekstopísec) [masculine] (Macedonian), liryk [masculine] (Polish), tekściarz [masculine] (Polish), letrista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), textier [masculine] (Romanian), textieră [feminine] (Romanian), ли́рик (lírik) [masculine] (Russian), letrista (Spanish), güfteci (Turkish), söz yazarı (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "작사자"
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