kantistino
Esperanto
Etymology
kantisto (“professional singer”) [from kanti (“to sing”) + -isto (“professional”)] + -ino (“female”)
Pronunciation
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Noun
kantistino (accusative singular kantistinon, plural kantistinoj, accusative plural kantistinojn)
- female professional singer, singeress
- 1907, Kazimierz Bein (translator), La Faraono[1], volume 1, translation of original by Bolesław Prus, ch. I:
- Krom tio la oficirojn sekvis multenombraj kantistinoj kaj dancistinoj kun orkestro.
- Aside from that, the officers were followed by numerous singeresses and danceresses with an orchestra.