cantor

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English

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A Cantor singing

Alternative forms

Etymology

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


Translations

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Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

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

Noun

cantor m (plural cantores)

  1. singer (person who sings)

Synonyms

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cantor.

Pronunciation

Noun

cantor m (plural cantors, feminine cantora)

  1. singer (person who sings)

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From canō (“I sing”) +‎ -tor.

Noun

cantor m (genitive cantōris); 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
Descendants

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Etymology 2

Inflected form of cantō (“I sing”).

Verb

(deprecated template usage) cantor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of cantō

References

  • “cantor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cantōrem (“male singer”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. singer (person who sings)

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cantor, cantōrem.

Adjective

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

  1. singing

Noun

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

  1. singer

Further reading

Anagrams

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin cantor, cantōrem.

Noun

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

  1. singer, chorister

Westrobothnian

Etymology

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Noun

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