"artist" in seven languages

Meaningartist

Spanish

artista

/aɾˈtista/

masc.learned

Same form for a man or a woman: el / la artista.

French

artiste

/aʁtist/

masc.learned

Same form for a man or a woman: un / une artiste.

Italian

artista

/arˈtista/

masc.learned

Same form for a man or a woman; the plural splits: artisti / artiste.

Portuguese

artista

/ahˈtʃistɐ/

masc.learned

Same form for a man or a woman: o / a artista.

Romanian

artist

/arˈtist/

masc.learned

The feminine is artistă.

Catalan

artista

/ərˈtistə/

masc.learned

Same form for a man or a woman: l'artista.

English

artist

/ˈɑɹtɪst/

from Latin/French · French artiste, from Italian artista

English → ItalianartistartistaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

ARTISTAM (Medieval Latin)‘master of the arts (from ARS, ARTIS)’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

A medieval university word: an artista studied the liberal arts. The -ista ending stays the same for men and women in Spanish and Italian.

English relatives: art, artistic, artisan