cantor
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- cantour (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin cantor, agent noun from perfect passive participle cantus, from verb canere (“to sing”) + agent suffix -or. Doublet of chanter.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cantor (plural cantors)
- 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.
- A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan
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Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cantor (“male singer”), cantōrem.
Noun[edit]
cantor m (plural cantores)
- singer (person who sings)
Synonyms[edit]
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cantor m (plural cantors, feminine cantora)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “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.
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
cantor m (genitive cantōris, feminine cantrīx); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cantor | cantōrēs |
Genitive | cantōris | cantōrum |
Dative | cantōrī | cantōribus |
Accusative | cantōrem | cantōrēs |
Ablative | cantōre | cantōribus |
Vocative | cantor | cantōrēs |
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Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Inflected form of cantō (“I sing”).
Verb[edit]
cantor
References[edit]
- “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
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cantōrem (“male singer”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cantor m (plural cantores, feminine cantora, feminine plural cantoras)
- singer (person who sings)
Derived terms[edit]
- cantorzinho (diminutive)
- cantautor
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Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
cantor m (plural cantori)
Declension[edit]
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 |
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cantor (feminine cantora, masculine plural cantores, feminine plural cantoras)
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
cantor m (plural cantores, feminine cantora, feminine plural cantoras)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “cantor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams[edit]
Venetian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
cantor m (plural cantori) or cantor m (plural canturi)
Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Welsh kantor, from Latin cantor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cantor f (plural cantorion or cantoriaid, feminine cantores)
Mutation[edit]
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[edit]
- 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
Westrobothnian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
cāntōr n (definite singular cāntōrä̆, definite plural cāntōră)
- Alternative spelling of kanntor
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