"soloist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: soloists [plural]
Etymology: From solo + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|solo|ist}} solo + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} soloist (plural soloists)
  1. A person who performs a solo. Wikipedia link: soloist Categories (topical): Musicians, People Related terms: free soloist Translations (a person who performs a solo): մենակատար (menakatar) (Armenian), солист (solist) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 獨唱者 (Chinese Mandarin), 独唱者 (dúchàng zhě) (Chinese Mandarin), sólista [masculine] (Czech), solist [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), solisto (Esperanto), solisti (Finnish), soliste [feminine, masculine] (French), Solist [masculine] (German), Solistin [feminine] (German), szólista (Hungarian), ceoltóir aonair [masculine] (Irish), solista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), ソリスト (sorisuto) (Japanese), 独唱者 (dokushōsha) (alt: どくしょうしゃ) (Japanese), соли́ст (solíst) [masculine] (Macedonian), соли́стка (solístka) [feminine] (Macedonian), kaiwaiata takitahi (english: singer) (Maori), kaiwhakatangi takitahi (english: instrumentalist) (Maori), kaiwhakatene (english: singer) (Maori), solist [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), solist [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), solista [masculine] (Polish), solistka [feminine] (Polish), solista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), solist [masculine] (Romanian), solistă [feminine] (Romanian), соли́ст (solíst) [masculine] (Russian), соли́стка (solístka) [feminine] (Russian), solist [masculine] (Slovene), solistka [feminine] (Slovene), solista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), solist [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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