kantor

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See also: Kantor, kántor, Kántor, käntor, kȧntor, and kantór

Ido[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

kantor

  1. future infinitive of kantar

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch kantoor. Doublet of komputer and konter.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈkantɔr]
  • Hyphenation: kan‧tor

Noun[edit]

kantor (plural kantor-kantor, first-person possessive kantorku, second-person possessive kantormu, third-person possessive kantornya)

  1. office, a room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work.
    Synonym: jawatan
  2. workplace

Derived terms[edit]

Affixations
Compounds

Descendants[edit]

  • → Malay: kantor

Further reading[edit]

Javanese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

kantor

  1. Alternative spelling of ꦏꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦂ (kantor)

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Indonesian kantor.

Noun[edit]

kantor (Jawi spelling کنتور, plural kantor-kantor, informal 1st possessive kantorku, 2nd possessive kantormu, 3rd possessive kantornya)

  1. (Indonesia) synonym of pejabat (“office”), see Indonesian kantor for complete entry.

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
kantor sense 1
kantor sense 3
kantor sense 1

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin cantor.[1] Compare Kashubian kantór.

Noun[edit]

kantor m pers (female equivalent kantorka, related adjective kantorski or kantoralny)

  2. (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) cantor (singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony)
    Hypernym: śpiewak
  3. (archaic, Protestantism) cantor (choir conductor and organist)
  5. (Judaism) cantor, hazzan (prayer leader in a Jewish service)
    Synonym: chazan
    Hypernym: śpiewak
Declension[edit]
Declension of kantor
singular plural
nominative kantor kantorzy/kantorowie
genitive kantora kantorów
dative kantorowi kantorom
accusative kantora kantorów
instrumental kantorem kantorami
locative kantorze kantorach
vocative kantorze kantorzy/kantorowie

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from German Kontor.[2] Doublet of kontuar.

Noun[edit]

kantor m inan (diminutive kantorek, related adjective kantorowy)

  2. bureau de change, currency exchange (place where foreign currency can be exchanged)
  3. institution dealing with commercial transactions
  4. store counter (long table from behind which a salesman serves goods in a store)
    Hypernym: lada
  5. (obsolete) company office
    Hypernym: biuro
  6. (obsolete) post office (place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post, or mail, and selling stamps, etc.)
    Synonym: poczta
Declension[edit]
Declension of kantor
singular plural
nominative kantor kantory
genitive kantoru kantorów
dative kantorowi kantorom
accusative kantor kantory
instrumental kantorem kantorami
locative kantorze kantorach
vocative kantorze kantory
Derived terms[edit]
nouns
Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “kantor II”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “kantor I”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • kantor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kantor in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • kantor in PWN's encyclopedia

Sundanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

kantor

  1. Romanization of ᮊᮔ᮪ᮒᮧᮁ.

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Noun[edit]

kantor c

  1. a cantor (church musician)
  2. a cantor, a hazzan (prayer leader in Jewish service)

Declension[edit]

Declension of kantor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kantor kantorn kantorer kantorerna
Genitive kantors kantorns kantorers kantorernas

References[edit]

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