singer-songwriter
English
noun
Definitions
- A musician who both sings and composes, especially when recording or performing his/her own compositions.
Etymology
Compound from English singer + English songwriter.
Origin
English
songwriter
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- filksinger English
- folksinger English
- nonsinger English
- sing English
- singer English
- singeress English
- singerlike English
- singerly English
- song English
- songwriter English
- songwriterly English
- supersinger English
- writer English
- songwriter Dutch, Flemish
- シンガー Japanese
- シンガーソングライター Japanese
- synger Middle English