cantor

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English

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A Cantor singing

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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)/
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  • Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ)

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

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Asturian

Etymology

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

Noun

cantor m (plural cantores)

  1. singer (person who sings)

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cantōrem.

Pronunciation

Noun

cantor m (plural cantors, feminine cantora)

  1. singer (person who sings as a job)
    Hypernym: cantaire
    Hypernym: cantador

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From canō (“I sing”) +‎ -tor.

Noun

cantor m (genitive cantōris, feminine cantrīx); third declension

  1. singer (male)
    Synonym: cantātor
    • Vulgata Latina Reg. II.19.35:
      vel audire possum ultra vocem cantorum atque cantricum?
      Can I still hear the voices of male and female singers?
  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
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Etymology 2

Inflected form of cantō (“I sing”).

Verb

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

 
 

  • Hyphenation: can‧tor

Noun

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

  1. singer (person who sings)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cantor.

Noun

cantor m (plural cantori)

  1. cantor

Declension

Declension of cantor
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

Inherited from Latin cantōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈtoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: can‧tor

Adjective

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

  1. singing

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Noun

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

  1. singer

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin cantor, cantōrem.

Noun

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

  1. singer, chorister

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kantor, from Latin cantor.

Pronunciation

Noun

cantor f (plural cantorion or cantoriaid, feminine cantores)

  1. 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
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