Meanings
nounsinger-songwriter (plural singer-songwriters)
plural singer-songwriters · alternative singer/songwriter
- A musician who both sings and composes, especially when recording or performing their own compositions.
Origin
From dvandva compound of singer + songwriter.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُغَنٍّ مُؤَلِّف, مُغَنِّيَة مُؤَلِّفَة
- مُغَنٍّ مُؤَلِّف (muḡannin muʔallif)singer-songwriter
- مُغَنِّيَة مُؤَلِّفَةsinger-songwriter
Catalan cantautor, cantautora
- cantautorsinger-songwriter
- cantautorasinger-songwriter
Chinese Mandarin 創作歌手 /创作歌手, 唱作人
- 創作歌手 /创作歌手 (chuàngzuò gēshǒu)singer-songwriter
- 唱作人 (chuàngzuòrén)singer-songwriter
Czech písničkář, písničkářka
- písničkářsinger-songwriter
- písničkářkasinger-songwriter
Dutch singer-songwriter, zanger-liedschrijver
- singer-songwritersinger-songwriter
- zanger-liedschrijversinger-songwriter
- zangeres-liedschrijfstersinger-songwriter
Finnish laulaja-lauluntekijä
- laulaja-lauluntekijäsinger-songwriter
French auteur-compositeur-interprète, autrice-compositrice-interprète
- auteur-compositeur-interprètesinger-songwriter
- autrice-compositrice-interprètesinger-songwriter
- auteure-compositrice-interprètesinger-songwriter
German Singer-Songwriter, Singer-Songwriterin
- Singer-Songwritersinger-songwriter
- Singer-Songwriterinsinger-songwriter
- Liedermachersinger-songwriter
- Liedermacherinsinger-songwriter
- Sänger-Liedschreibersinger-songwriter
- Sängerin-Liedschreiberinsinger-songwriter
Hebrew זמר־יוצר, זמרת־יוצרת
- זמר־יוצרsinger-songwriter
- זמרת־יוצרתsinger-songwriter
Irish amhránaí is scríbhneoir
- amhránaí is scríbhneoirsinger-songwriter
Italian cantautore, cantautrice
- cantautoresinger-songwriter
- cantautricesinger-songwriter
Japanese シンガーソングライター
- シンガーソングライター (shingā songuraitā)singer-songwriter
Korean 싱어송라이터, 작곡가 겸 가수
- 싱어송라이터 (sing'eosongnaiteo)singer-songwriter
- 작곡가 겸 가수 (jakgokga gyeom gasu)singer-songwriter
Norwegian Bokmål sanger-låtskriver
- sanger-låtskriversinger-songwriter
Polish pieśniarz, pieśniarka
- pieśniarzsinger-songwriter
- pieśniarkasinger-songwriter
Portuguese cantautor, cantautora
- cantautorsinger-songwriter
- cantautorasinger-songwriter
Romanian cantautor, cantautoare
- cantautorsinger-songwriter
- cantautoaresinger-songwriter
Russian а́втор-исполни́тель, бард
- а́втор-исполни́тель (ávtor-ispolnítelʹ)singer-songwriter
- бард (bard)singer-songwriter
Slovak pesničkár, pesničkárka
- pesničkársinger-songwriter
- pesničkárkasinger-songwriter
Spanish cantautor, cantautora
- cantautorsinger-songwriter
- cantautorasinger-songwriter
Swedish trubadur, visartist
- trubadursinger-songwriter
- visartistsinger-songwriter
- singer-songwritersinger-songwriter
- sångartistsinger-songwriter
Turkish şarkıcı-şarkı yazarı, şarkıcı-söz yazarı
- şarkıcı-şarkı yazarısinger-songwriter
- şarkıcı-söz yazarısinger-songwriter
Vietnamese ca nhạc sĩ
- ca nhạc sĩsinger-songwriter
Welsh canwr-gyfansoddwr, cantores-gyfansoddwres
- canwr-gyfansoddwrsinger-songwriter
- cantores-gyfansoddwressinger-songwriter
Cite this entry
APA
singer-songwriter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/singer-songwriter
MLA
“singer-songwriter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/singer-songwriter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “singer-songwriter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/singer-songwriter.
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