The word “artist” varies beautifully across languages, representing creativity and expression in cultures around the world. In Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, it’s artista, while in German, it’s Künstler. From Chinese (艺术家, yìshùjiā) to Russian (художник, khudozhnik) and Arabic (فنان, fannān), each language brings its own flair to this revered title. No matter the language, the term “artist” celebrates the creative spirit shared by individuals worldwide.
Arabic – فنان (fannān)
Bengali – শিল্পী (shilpi)
Chinese (Simplified) – 艺术家 (yìshùjiā)
Chinese (Traditional) – 藝術家 (yìshùjiā)
Dutch – kunstenaar
French – artiste
German – Künstler / Künstlerin
Greek – καλλιτέχνης (kallitéchnis)
Gujarati – કલાકાર (kalākār)
Hebrew – אמן (oman)
Hindi – कलाकार (kalākār)
Hungarian – művész
Indonesian – seniman
Italian – artista
Japanese – 芸術家 (geijutsuka) / アーティスト (ātisuto)
Kannada – ಕಲಾವಿದ (kalāvida)
Korean – 예술가 (yesulga)
Latin – artifex
Malay – seniman
Marathi – कलाकार (kalākār)
Nepali – कलाकार (kalākār)
Persian (Farsi) – هنرمند (honarmand)
Polish – artysta / artystka
Portuguese – artista
Punjabi – ਕਲਾਕਾਰ (kalākār)
Romanian – artist
Russian – художник (khudozhnik)
Spanish – artista
Swahili – msanii
Tamil – கலைஞன் (kalaignar)
Telugu – కళాకారుడు (kalākāruḍu)
Thai – ศิลปิน (sinl̒pin)
Turkish – sanatçı
Ukrainian – художник (khudozhnyk)
Urdu – فنکار (fankār)
Vietnamese – nghệ sĩ
Zulu – umculi / umdwebi
Albanian – artist
Armenian – նկարիչ (nk’arich’)
Azerbaijani – rəssam
Basque – artista
Belarusian – мастак (mastak)
Bosnian – umjetnik
Bulgarian – художник (khudozhnik)
Catalan – artista
Cebuano – artista
Croatian – umjetnik
Czech – umělec
Danish – kunstner
Estonian – kunstnik
Filipino – artista
Finnish – taiteilija
Georgian – მხატვარი (mxatvari)
Haitian Creole – atis
Icelandic – listamaður
Igbo – onye nka
Irish – ealaíontóir
Javanese – seniman
Kazakh – суретші (suretshi)
Khmer – សិល្បករ (selpakor)
Kurdish – hunermend
Lao – ຊິລະການ (sīlakān)
Latvian – mākslinieks
Lithuanian – menininkas
Luxembourgish – Kënschtler
Macedonian – уметник (umetnik)
Malagasy – mpanakanto
Maori – toi kaiwhakaari
Mongolian – урлагчин (urlagchin)
Norwegian – kunstner
Pashto – هنرمند (honarmand)
Quechua – yachay runa
Samoan – tusiata
Serbian – уметник (umetnik)
Sesotho – moetsi oa bonono
Shona – muimbi
Sindhi – فنڪار (fankār)
Sinhala – කලාකරුවා (kalākārwā)
Slovak – umelec
Slovenian – umetnik
Somali – farshaxan
Sundanese – seniman
Swedish – konstnär
Tajik – рассом (rassom)
Tatar – рәссам (rässam)
Tigrinya – ስነ ምህረት አምሳል (sene mihret amsal)
Tonga – fifili
Tswana – mmopi
Turkmen – suratkeş
Uighur – سەنئەتكار (sän’ätkar)
Uzbek – rassom
Welsh – artist
Wolof – farba
Xhosa – umculi
Yiddish – קונסטלער (kunstler)
Yoruba – olorin
Zulu – umculi