kantor

See also: Kantor and käntor

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtɔr/

Verb

kantor

1. future infinitive of kantar

---

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch kantoor, from Middle Dutch cantoor, from Old French comtoir, from Medieval Latin computōrium.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.
2. workplace

Derived terms

Affixations

• berkantor
• kantoran
• perkantoran

 

Compounds

• kantor bank
• kantor berita
• kantor besar
• kantor cabang
• kantor cabang pembantu
• kantor departemen
• kantor dinas
• kantor kawat
• kantor lelang
• kantor pengadilan
• kantor perwakilan
• kantor polisi
• kantor pos
• kantor pusat
• kantor tera
• kantor wilayah

 

Further reading

• “kantor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

---

Javanese

Alternative forms

kantor

1. Alternative spelling of ꦏꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦂ (kantor)

---

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch kantoor, from Middle Dutch cantoor, from Old French comtoir, from Medieval Latin computōrium.

Noun

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

• Indonesian: kantor
• → Min Nan: 幹刀／干刀 (kàn-to), 干多 (kan-to)

Further reading

• “kantor” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

---

Polish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cantor. Cognate to Kashubian kantór.

Noun

kantor m pers

1. (Christianity) cantor
2. (Judaism) cantor, hazzan

   Synonym: chazan

Declension

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

Attested at least since 1760s. Borrowed from German Kontor, from Middle Low German kontôr, komtôr, komptor, from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comtoir, comptoir, from conter, compter + -oir, from Latin computāre and -tōrium. Doublet of kontuar.

Brückner suggests that A instead of O in the first syllable may have been influenced by the paronymical attraction to kantyny, but cf. Dutch kantoor, Middle Low German kantôr.

Noun

kantor m inan

1. bureau de change, currency exchange
2. (obsolete) post office

Declension

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

Descendants

• → Vilamovian: kȧntor

Further reading

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

---

Sundanese

Romanization

kantor

1. Romanization of ᮊᮔ᮪ᮒᮧᮁ.