accentor

English

Prunella montanella (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): /əkˈsɛn.tɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Noun

accentor (plural accentors)

1. Any bird of the Eurasian genus Prunella, such as the dunnock.
2. (obsolete) The ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla.
3. (music, obsolete) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.

Derived terms

• alpine accentor
• black-throated accentor
• Siberian accentor

 

Translations

bird of the Prunella genus

• Arabic: لهجة (ar)
• 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

Latin

FWOTD – 22 August 2014

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /akˈken.tor/, [äkˈkɛn̪t̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /atˈt͡ʃen.tor/, [ätˈt͡ʃɛn̪t̪or]

Noun

accentor m (genitive accentōris); third declension

1. one who sings with another

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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