ACantor singing Borrowed fromLatin cantor , agent noun from perfect passive participlecantus , from verbcanere ( “ to sing ” ) + agent suffix-or .Doublet ofchanter .
cantor (plural cantors )
singer , especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremonyThecantor' s place in church is on the right of the choir.
( Judaism ) A prayer leader in a Jewish service; ahazzan Carnot ,Carton ,Catron ,Contra ,TRACON ,carton ,contra ,contra- ,corant ,craton ,tracon FromLatin cantor ( “ male singer ” ) ,cantōrem .
cantor m (plural cantores )
singer ( person who sings ) Synonym: cantador Borrowed fromLatin cantōrem .
cantor m (plural cantors ,feminine cantora ,feminine plural cantores )
singer ( person who sings as a job ) Hypernyms: cantaire ,cantador “cantor ”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language ] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans ], April 2007 “cantor ”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana ,2025 “cantor” inDiccionari normatiu valencià ,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .“cantor” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.Fromcanō ( “ to sing ” ) +tor .
cantor m (genitive cantōris ,feminine cantrīx ) ;third declension
singer (male)Synonym: cantātor Vulgata Latina Reg. II.19.35:
vel audire possum ultra vocemcantorum atque cantricum? Can I still hear the voices ofmale and femalesingers ? player (male)Third-declension noun.
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
cantor
first-person singular present passive indicative ofcantō “cantor ”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ),A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press “cantor ”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891 ),An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers “cantor ”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934 ),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette. FromLatin cantōrem ( “ male singer ” ) .
cantor m (plural cantores ,feminine cantora ,feminine plural cantoras )
singer ( person who sings ) Borrowed fromLatin cantor .
cantor m (plural cantori )
cantor Inherited fromLatin cantōrem .
IPA (key ) : /kanˈtoɾ/ [kãn̪ˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes:-oɾ Syllabification:can‧tor cantor (feminine cantora ,masculine plural cantores ,feminine plural cantoras )
singing cantor m (plural cantores ,feminine cantora ,feminine plural cantoras )
singer FromLatin cantor ,cantōrem .
cantor m (plural cantori ) orcantor m (plural canturi )
singer ,chorister FromMiddle Welsh kantor , fromLatin cantor .
cantor f (plural cantorion or cantoriaid ,feminine cantores )
singer Synonym: canwr Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cantor ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies