cantor

Alternative forms

• cantour (obsolete)

Etymology

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

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

See also

• song leader

Anagrams

• Carnot, Carton, Catron, Contra, TRACON, carton, contra, contra-, corant, craton, tracon

Etymology

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

Noun

cantor m (plural cantores)

1. singer (person who sings)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.tor/

Etymology 1

From canō (“I sing”) +‎ -tor.

Etymology 2

Inflected form of cantō (“I sing”).

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

Etymology

From Latin cantōrem (“male singer”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈtoɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈtoʁ/

Noun

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

1. singer (person who sings)

Etymology

From Latin cantor, cantōrem.

Adjective

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

1. singing

Noun

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

1. singer

Etymology

From Latin cantor, cantōrem.

Noun

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

1. singer, chorister

Etymology

From French comptoir.

Noun

cāntōr n (definite singular cāntōrä̆, definite plural cāntōră)

1. Alternative spelling of kanntor