"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 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. Categories (topical): Musicians Related terms: virtue, virtuosa, virtuosic, virtuosically, virtuosity
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Noun

IPA: /ˌvɜ.tʃuˈəʊ.səʊ/ [UK], /ˌvɝ.t͡ʃuˈoʊ.soʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-virtuoso.wav 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
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  2. Someone with special skill or knowledge; an expert. Categories (topical): Musicians, People
    Sense id: en-virtuoso-en-noun-OgSD~uhd Disambiguation of Musicians: 31 29 14 27 Disambiguation of People: 1 36 35 29
  3. Specifically, a musician (or other performer) with masterly ability, technique, or personal style. Categories (topical): Musicians, 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)
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.