cantaire

Aragonese

Etymology

From cantar (“to sing”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtai̯ɾe/
• Syllabification: can‧tai‧re
• Rhymes: -ai̯ɾe

Noun

cantaire m or f by sense (plural cantaires)

1. singer

   Synonyms: cantant, cantador, cantor

References

• “cantaire”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)
• “cantaire”, in Diccionario ortografico de l’aragonés (seguntes la PO de l’EFA)‎^[1], Zaragoza: EDACAR, 2023, →ISSN, page 423
• Martínez Tur, Feliciano; Rodés Orquín, Francho (2022), “cantaire”, in Diccionario aragonés-castellano-catalán‎^[2], Zaragoza, Spain: Estudio de Filolochía Aragonesa, Edicions Dichitals de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, published April 2025, →ISSN, page 205

Catalan

Etymology

From cantar (“to sing”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kənˈtaj.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kanˈtaj.ɾe]

Adjective

cantaire (feminine cantaira, masculine and feminine plural cantaires)

1. who sings, singing

   Synonym: cantador

Noun

cantaire m or f by sense (plural cantaires)

1. singer

   Synonym: cantor

Further reading

• “cantaire”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cantaire”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “cantaire” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cantaire”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cantaire (“chanter, singer”).

Noun

cantaire m (genitive singular cantaire, nominative plural cantairí)

1. chanter, chorister

Declension

Declension of cantaire (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cantaire cantairí vocative a chantaire a chantairí genitive cantaire cantairí dative cantaire cantairí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cantaire na cantairí genitive an chantaire na gcantairí dative leis an gcantaire don chantaire leis na cantairí

Related terms

• cantain
• cantaireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of cantaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cantaire	chantaire	gcantaire

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Occitan

Etymology

From cantar (“to sing”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kanˈtajɾe]

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Noun

cantaire m (plural cantaires, feminine cantaira, feminine plural cantairas)

1. singer