Dictionary

keyboardist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English keyboard Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English keyboardist From keyboard + -ist.

Meanings

1. Someone who plays a keyboard.
   • The absence of keyboardist Sadie Shaw (who split for the Bay Area garage rawkers the Husbands) allows the group more space to indulge in dark wordless experiments; […] 2004, CMJ New Music Monthly, number 129, page 59:
   • Since the 1960s, the keyboardist, vibraphonist and percussionist Mulatu Astatke has been a prime mover in Ethio-jazz: unmistakably Ethiopian music that also draws on American jazz, Afro-Caribbean music and more. 2025 August 15, Jon Pareles, “10 New Songs You Need to Hear: Khalid, Jay Som, Steve Lacy and More”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2025:

Forms

Synonyms

keyboarder

Translations (15)

nl toetsenist (musician who plays the keyboard) · ro clavirist (musician who plays the keyboard) · de Keyboarder (musician who plays the keyboard) · cmn 鍵盤手 /键盘手 (musician who plays the keyboard) · ko 키보디스트 (musician who plays the keyboard) · fi kosketinsoittaja (musician who plays the keyboard) · ja キーボーディスト (musician who plays the keyboard) · ro clăpar (musician who plays the keyboard) · pl klawiszowiec (musician who plays the keyboard) · fr claviériste (musician who plays the keyboard) · de Keyboarderin (musician who plays the keyboard) · es tecladista (musician who plays the keyboard) · ia clavierista (musician who plays the keyboard) · ru клавишник (musician who plays the keyboard) · ro pianist (musician who plays the keyboard)