cantor

English

Wikipedia

A Cantor singing

Alternative forms

• cantour (obsolete)

Etymology

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

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

Translations

singer

• Danish: kantor
• Finnish: kanttori (fi), esilaulaja

• Hebrew: חזן (he) m ‎(khazan)
• Hungarian: kántor (hu)

See also

• song leader

Anagrams

• carton, contra, Contra, craton

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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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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.tor/

Etymology 1

From canō ‎(“I sing”) +‎ -tor.

Noun

cantor m ‎(genitive cantōris); third declension

1. singer (male)
2. player

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cantor	cantōrēs
genitive	cantōris	cantōrum
dative	cantōrī	cantōribus
accusative	cantōrem	cantōrēs
ablative	cantōre	cantōribus
vocative	cantor	cantōrēs

Derived 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
• 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. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cantor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cantor in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈtoɾ/

Noun

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

1. singer

Related terms

• cantar
• canto
• encantar
• cantoria

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cantor, cantōrem.

Adjective

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

1. singing

Noun

cantor m ‎(plural cantores, feminine cantora)

1. singer

Related terms

• cantar
• canto

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin cantor, cantōrem.

Noun

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

1. singer, chorister