kantistino
Esperanto
Etymology
kantisto (“professional singer”) [from kanti (“to sing”) + -isto (“professional”)] + -ino (“female”)
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /kantistˈino/
- Hyphenation: kant‧ist‧i‧no
- Rhymes: -ino
Noun
kantistino (accusative singular kantistinon, plural kantistinoj, accusative plural kantistinojn)
- female professional singer, singeress
- 1907, Kazimierz Bein (translator), La Faraono, 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.
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Hypernyms
- kantisto (“singer”)
Related terms
- kantanto (“one who is singing, singer”)
- kanti (“to sing”)
- kanto (“song”)