"virtuoso" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌvɜ.tʃuˈəʊ.səʊ/ [UK], /ˌvɝ.t͡ʃuˈoʊ.soʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-virtuoso.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more virtuoso [comparative], most virtuoso [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian virtuoso, from Late Latin virtuōsus (“virtuous”), from Latin virtus (“excellence”). Doublet of virtuous. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|virtuoso}} Italian virtuoso, {{der|en|LL.|virtuōsus|t=virtuous}} Late Latin virtuōsus (“virtuous”), {{der|en|la|virtus|t=excellence}} Latin virtus (“excellence”), {{doublet|en|virtuous}} Doublet of virtuous Head templates: {{en-adj}} virtuoso (comparative more virtuoso, superlative most virtuoso)
  1. Exhibiting the ability of a virtuoso. Related terms: virtue, virtuosa, virtuosic, virtuosically, virtuosity
    Sense id: en-virtuoso-en-adj-4rzBo1as

Noun

IPA: /ˌvɜ.tʃuˈəʊ.səʊ/ [UK], /ˌvɝ.t͡ʃuˈoʊ.soʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-virtuoso.wav [Southern-England] Forms: virtuosos [plural], virtuosi [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian virtuoso, from Late Latin virtuōsus (“virtuous”), from Latin virtus (“excellence”). Doublet of virtuous. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|virtuoso}} Italian virtuoso, {{der|en|LL.|virtuōsus|t=virtuous}} Late Latin virtuōsus (“virtuous”), {{der|en|la|virtus|t=excellence}} Latin virtus (“excellence”), {{doublet|en|virtuous}} Doublet of virtuous Head templates: {{en-noun|s|virtuosi}} virtuoso (plural virtuosos or virtuosi)
  1. (now historical) An expert in virtù or art objects and antiquities; a connoisseur. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Musicians, People
    Sense id: en-virtuoso-en-noun-VqQjjDZI Disambiguation of Musicians: 14 37 22 27 Disambiguation of People: 1 36 35 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 53 7 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 34 49 7 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 53 8 10
  2. Someone with special skill or knowledge; an expert. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-virtuoso-en-noun-OgSD~uhd Disambiguation of People: 1 36 35 29
  3. Specifically, a musician (or other performer) with masterly ability, technique, or personal style. Categories (topical): People Translations (A person with masterly ability, technique or style): վիրտուոզ (virtuoz) (Armenian), virtuós [masculine] (Catalan), virtuosa [feminine] (Catalan), 藝術鑑賞家 (Chinese Mandarin), 艺术鉴赏家 (yìshù jiànshǎng jiā) (Chinese Mandarin), 專家 (Chinese Mandarin), 专家 (zhuānjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), 能手 (néngshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 大師 (Chinese Mandarin), 大师 (dàshī) (Chinese Mandarin), virtuos (Danish), virtuoos (Dutch), virtuozo (Esperanto), virtuoosi (Finnish), virtuose [feminine, masculine] (French), ვირტუოზი (virṭuozi) (Georgian), Virtuose [masculine] (German), βιρτουόζος (virtouózos) [masculine] (Greek), virtuoso [masculine] (Italian), 名人 (meijin) (alt: めいじん) (Japanese), ヴィルトゥオーゾ (virutuōso) (Japanese), 妙手 (myōshu) (alt: みょうしゅ) (Japanese), 巨匠 (kyoshō) (alt: きょしょう) (Japanese), саусағынан бал тамған (sausağynan bal tamğan) (Kazakh), 미술품 감정가 (misulpum gamjeongga) (Korean), rehe (Maori), wirtuoz [masculine] (Polish), wirtuozka [feminine] (Polish), virtuoso [masculine] (Portuguese), виртуо́з (virtuóz) [masculine] (Russian), virtuoso [masculine] (Spanish), virtüöz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-virtuoso-en-noun-tlGcXrxG Disambiguation of People: 1 36 35 29 Disambiguation of 'A person with masterly ability, technique or style': 3 30 67

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˌvɝ.t͡ʃuˈoʊ.soʊ/",
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      "roman": "virtuoz",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "վիրտուոզ"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "virtuós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "virtuosa"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "藝術鑑賞家"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìshù jiànshǎng jiā",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "艺术鉴赏家"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "專家"
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      "roman": "zhuānjiā",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "专家"
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      "roman": "néngshǒu",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "能手"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "大師"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàshī",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "大师"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "virtuos"
    },
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      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "virtuoos"
    },
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "virtuozo"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "virtuoosi"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "virtuose"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "virṭuozi",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "ვირტუოზი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Virtuose"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βιρτουόζος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "virtuoso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めいじん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "meijin",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "名人"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "virutuōso",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "ヴィルトゥオーゾ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みょうしゅ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "myōshu",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "妙手"
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      "alt": "きょしょう",
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      "roman": "kyoshō",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "巨匠"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "sausağynan bal tamğan",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "саусағынан бал тамған"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "misulpum gamjeongga",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "미술품 감정가"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "rehe"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wirtuoz"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wirtuozka"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "virtuoso"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "virtuóz",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "виртуо́з"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "virtuoso"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "A person with masterly ability, technique or style",
      "word": "virtüöz"
    }
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}

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          "text": "Instead, he was able to sit alongside De Bruyne on the City bench admiring a virtuoso performance from Foden, pulling every string in the number 10 role and illustrating again why he is so important to Guardiola, and why he simply must start for Gareth Southgate's England at Euro 2024.",
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