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cantor

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English

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A Cantor singing

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cantor, agent noun from perfect passive participle cantus, from verb canere (to sing) + agent suffix -or. Doublet of chanter.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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Anagrams

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Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin cantor (male singer), cantōrem.

Noun

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cantor m (plural cantores)

  1. singer (person who sings)

Synonyms

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cantōrem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cantor m (plural cantors, feminine cantora)

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

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From canō (I sing) +‎ -tor.

Noun

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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
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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cantor cantōrēs
genitive cantōris cantōrum
dative cantōrī cantōribus
accusative cantōrem cantōrēs
ablative cantōre cantōribus
vocative cantor cantōrēs
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Inflected form of cantō (I sing).

Verb

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cantor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of cantō

References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Latin cantōrem (male singer).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: can‧tor

Noun

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

  1. singer (person who sings)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cantor.

Noun

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cantor m (plural cantori)

  1. cantor

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative cantor cantorul cantori cantorii
genitive-dative cantor cantorului cantori cantorilor
vocative cantorule cantorilor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin cantōrem.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. singing

Derived terms

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Noun

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

  1. singer
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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Venetan

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Etymology

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From Latin cantor, cantōrem.

Noun

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

  1. singer, chorister

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh kantor, from Latin cantor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cantor f (plural cantorion or cantoriaid, feminine cantores)

  1. singer
    Synonym: canwr

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cantor
radical soft nasal aspirate
cantor gantor nghantor chantor

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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  • 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