cantor

See also: Cantor

English

A Cantor singing

Alternative forms

• cantour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cantor, agent noun from perfect passive participle cantus, from verb canere (“to sing”) + agent suffix -or. Doublet of chanter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæntɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈkæntə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ)

Noun

cantor (plural cantors)

1. singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony

   The cantor's place in church is on the right of the choir.

2. A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan

Related terms

• cantorate
• cantrix
• chant

Translations

singer

• Czech: kantor (cs) m, kantorka f
• Danish: kantor c
• Finnish: kanttori (fi), esilaulaja
• German: Kantor (de) m, Kantorin (de) f, Vorsänger m, Vorsängerin f
• Hebrew: חזן \ חַזָּן‎ (he) m (khazán)
• Hungarian: kántor (hu)

• Italian: cantore (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kantor m

  Nynorsk: kantor m

• Polish: kantor (pl) m, chazan (pl) m (Jewish)
• Yiddish: חזן‎ m (khazan) (Jewish)

See also

• song leader

Anagrams

• Carnot, Carton, Catron, Contra, TRACON, carton, contra, contra-, corant, craton, tracon

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin cantor (“male singer”), cantōrem.

Noun

cantor m (plural cantores)

1. singer (person who sings)

Synonyms

• cantante

Related terms

• cantar

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cantor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kənˈto/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kanˈtoɾ/

Noun

cantor m (plural cantors, feminine cantora)

1. singer (person who sings)

   Synonym: cantaire

Related terms

• cantar

Further reading

• “cantor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cantor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “cantor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cantor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.tor/, [ˈkän̪t̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.tor/, [ˈkän̪t̪or]

Etymology 1

From canō (“I sing”) +‎ -tor.

Noun

cantor m (genitive cantōris, feminine cantrīx); third declension

1. singer (male)
2. player (male)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cantor	cantōrēs
Genitive	cantōris	cantōrum
Dative	cantōrī	cantōribus
Accusative	cantōrem	cantōrēs
Ablative	cantōre	cantōribus
Vocative	cantor	cantōrēs

Coordinate terms

• cantrīx

Related terms

• canō
• canor
• canōrus
• cantāmen
• canticum
• cantiō
• cantō
• cantus

 

Descendants

• Asturian: cantor
• Catalan: cantor
• English: cantor
• French: chantre, chanteur
• Friulian: cjantôr
• Galician: cantor
• Italian: cantore

• Norman: chanteux
• Portuguese: cantor
• Romanian: cantor
• Sardinian: cantore, cantori
• Spanish: cantor
• Swedish: kantor
• Venetian: cantor
• Walloons: tchanteu

Etymology 2

Inflected form of cantō (“I sing”).

Verb

cantor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of cantō

References

• “cantor”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “cantor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cantor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cantōrem (“male singer”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈtoɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈtoʁ/

Noun

cantor m (plural cantores, feminine cantora, feminine plural cantoras)

1. singer (person who sings)

Derived terms

• cantorzinho (diminutive)
• cantautor

Related terms

• cantar
• cântico
• canto
• cantoria
• encantar

 

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin cantor

Noun

cantor m (plural cantori)

1. cantor

Declension

Declension of cantor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cantor	cantorul	(niște) cantori	cantorii
genitive/dative	(unui) cantor	cantorului	(unor) cantori	cantorilor
vocative	cantorule		cantorilor

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cantōrem.

Adjective

cantor (feminine cantora, masculine plural cantores, feminine plural cantoras)

1. singing

Derived terms

• ave cantora
• pájaro cantor

 

Noun

cantor m (plural cantores, feminine cantora, feminine plural cantoras)

1. singer

Related terms

• cantar
• canto

Further reading

• “cantor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• contar
• contra
• cortan
• tranco

 

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin cantor, cantōrem.

Noun

cantor m (plural cantori) or cantor m (plural canturi)

1. singer, chorister

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kantor, from Latin cantor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkantɔr/

Noun

cantor f (plural cantorion or cantoriaid, feminine cantores)

1. singer

   Synonym: canwr

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cantor	gantor	nghantor	chantor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cantor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Swedish mjölkkantor (“milk cabinet”), obsolete form of mjölkkontor, from obsolete kantor corresponding to modern kontor (“office; building or room”), from Middle Low German kantôr, kontôr, komtôr, komptor (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch cantoor, contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (“instrument sufffix”) calquing earlier Medieval Latin computōrium.

Noun

cāntōr n (definite singular cāntōrä̆, definite plural cāntōră)

1. Alternative spelling of kanntor