accentor

accentor

English

Prunella montamella (top) and Prunella modularis (bottom), species of accentor (1)

Etymology

From Latin accentor (“one who sings with another”), from ad + cantor (“singer”), from canō (“sing”). Superficially accent +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əkˈsɛntə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ək.ˈsɛn.tɚ/

Noun

accentor (plural accentors)

1. Prunella, a genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.
2. (music, obsolete) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.

Translations

bird of the Prunella genus

Czech: pěvuška Finnish: rautiainen (fi) French: accenteur (fr) m German: Braunelle (de) f Polish: płochacz m

Portuguese: ferreirinha (pt) f Romanian: brumăriță (ro) f Russian: завиру́шка (ru) m (zavirúška) Spanish: acentor (es) m

music: director or leader

See also

• hedge sparrow

Anagrams

• concreta

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Latin

FWOTD – 22 August 2014

Etymology

From ad + cantor (“singer”), from canō (“sing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /akˈken.tor/, [akˈkɛn.tɔr]

Noun

accentor m (genitive accentōris); third declension

1. one who sings with another

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	accentor	accentōrēs
Genitive	accentōris	accentōrum
Dative	accentōrī	accentōribus
Accusative	accentōrem	accentōrēs
Ablative	accentōre	accentōribus
Vocative	accentor	accentōrēs

References

• accentor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press