percussionist

per·cus·sion·ist

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [per-kuhsh-uh-nist]
- /pərˈkʌʃ ə nɪst/
- /pəˈkʌʃ.ən.ɪst/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [per-kuhsh-uh-nist]
- /pərˈkʌʃ ə nɪst/

Definitions of percussionist word

noun percussionist a musician who plays percussion instruments. 1
noun percussionist musician who plays percussion 1
countable noun percussionist A percussionist is a person who plays percussion instruments such as drums. 0
noun percussionist a person who plays any of several percussion instruments, esp in an orchestra 0
noun percussionist a musician who plays percussion instruments 0

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Origin of percussionist

First appearance:

before 1810

One of the 40% newest English words

First recorded in 1810-20; percussion + -ist

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Parts of speech for Percussionist

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Percussionist

percussionist popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for percussionist

noun percussionist

drummer — a person who plays a drum.

Just one Synonym for percussionist

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