cantor
English
Alternative forms
- cantour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cantor, agent noun from perfect passive participle cantus, from verb canere (“to sing”) + agent suffix -or. Doublet of chanter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkæntɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈkæntə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ)
Noun
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
Related terms
- cantorate
- cantrix
- chant
Translations
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See also
- song leader
Anagrams
- Carnot, Carton, Catron, Contra, TRACON, carton, contra, contra-, corant, craton, tracon
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin cantor (“male singer”), cantōrem.
Noun
cantor m (plural cantores)
- singer (person who sings)
Synonyms
- cantante
Related terms
- cantar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin cantor.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /kənˈto/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kanˈtoɾ/
Noun
cantor m (plural cantors, feminine cantora)
- singer (person who sings)
- Synonym: cantaire
Related terms
- cantar
Further reading
- “cantor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cantor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.tor/, [ˈkän̪t̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.tor/, [ˈkän̪t̪or]
Etymology 1
From canō (“I sing”) + -tor.
Noun
cantor m (genitive cantōris, feminine cantrīx); third declension
- singer (male)
- 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
- cantrīx
Related terms
- canō
- canor
- canōrus
- cantāmen
- canticum
- cantiō
- cantō
- cantus
Descendants
- Asturian: cantor
- Catalan: cantor
- English: cantor
- French: chantre, chanteur
- Friulian: cjantôr
- Galician: cantor
- Italian: cantore
- Norman: chanteux
- Portuguese: cantor
- Romanian: cantor
- Sardinian: cantore, cantori
- Spanish: cantor
- Swedish: kantor
- Venetian: cantor
- Walloons: tchanteu
Etymology 2
Inflected form of cantō (“I sing”).
Verb
cantor
- 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
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɐ̃ˈtoʁ/ [kɐ̃ˈtoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kɐ̃ˈtoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kɐ̃ˈtoʁ/ [kɐ̃ˈtoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kɐ̃ˈtoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ̃ˈtoɾ/
- Hyphenation: can‧tor
Noun
cantor m (plural cantores, feminine cantora, feminine plural cantoras)
- singer (person who sings)
Derived terms
- cantorzinho (diminutive)
- cantautor
Related terms
- cantar
- cântico
- canto
- cantoria
- encantar
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin cantor.
Noun
cantor m (plural cantori)
- cantor
Declension
| 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
Etymology
From Latin cantōrem.
Adjective
cantor (feminine cantora, masculine plural cantores, feminine plural cantoras)
- singing
Derived terms
- ave cantora
- pájaro cantor
Noun
cantor m (plural cantores, feminine cantora, feminine plural cantoras)
- singer
Related terms
- cantar
- canto
Further reading
- “cantor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- contar
- contra
- cortan
- tranco
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin cantor, cantōrem.
Noun
cantor m (plural cantori) or cantor m (plural canturi)
- singer, chorister
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh kantor, from Latin cantor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkantɔr/
Noun
cantor f (plural cantorion or cantoriaid, feminine cantores)
- singer
- Synonym: canwr
Mutation
| 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
- 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
Etymology
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
cāntōr n (definite singular cāntōrä̆, definite plural cāntōră)
- Alternative spelling of kanntor