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cantor
English
Alternative forms
- cantour (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kænt??(?)/, /?kænt?(?)/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cantor, agent noun from perfect passive participle cantus, from verb canere (“to sing”) + agent suffix -or. Doublet of chanter.
Noun
cantor (plural cantors)
- singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony
- A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan
Related terms
- cantorate
- cantrix
- chant
Translations
See also
- song leader
Anagrams
- Carnot, Carton, Catron, Contra, TRACON, carton, contra, contra-, corant, craton, tracon
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin cantor (“male singer”), cant?rem.
Noun
cantor m (plural cantores)
- singer (person who sings)
Synonyms
- cantante
Related terms
- cantar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin cantor.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /k?n?to/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kan?to?/
Noun
cantor m (plural cantors, feminine cantora)
- singer (person who sings)
Related terms
- cantar
Further reading
- “cantor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cantor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “cantor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cantor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?kan.tor/, [?kän?t??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?kan.tor/, [?k?n?t??r]
Etymology 1
From can? (“I sing”) +? -tor.
Noun
cantor m (genitive cant?ris, feminine cantr?x); third declension
- singer (male)
- player (male)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Coordinate terms
- cantr?x
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Inflected form of cant? (“I sing”).
Verb
cantor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of cant?
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 cant?rem (“male singer”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /k???to?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /k???to?/
Noun
cantor m (plural cantores, feminine cantora, feminine plural cantoras)
- singer (person who sings)
Derived terms
- cantorzinho (diminutive)
- cantautor
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin cantor
Noun
cantor m (plural cantori)
- cantor
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cantor, cant?rem.
Adjective
cantor (feminine cantora, masculine plural cantores, feminine plural cantoras)
- singing
Derived terms
Noun
cantor m (plural cantores, feminine cantora, feminine plural cantoras)
- singer
Related terms
- cantar
- canto
Further reading
- “cantor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Anagrams
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin cantor, cant?rem.
Noun
cantor m (plural cantori) or cantor m (plural canturi)
- singer, chorister
Welsh
Etymology
Latin cantor
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kant?r/
Noun
cantor f (plural cantorion or cantoriaid, feminine cantores)
- singer
- Synonym: canwr
Mutation
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
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Swedish mjölkkantor (“milk cabinet”), obsolete form of mjölkkontor, from obsolete kantor corresponding to modern kontor (“office; building or room”), from Middle Low German kantôr, kontôr, komtôr, komptor (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch cantoor, contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (“instrument sufffix”) calquing earlier Medieval Latin comput?rium.
Noun
c?nt?r n (definite singular c?nt?rä?, definite plural c?nt?r?)
- Alternative spelling of kanntor
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conductor
English
Alternative forms
- conductour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French conductour, from Old French conduitor, from Latin conductor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?d?kt?/
Noun
conductor (plural conductors, feminine conductress or conductrix)
- One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
- (music) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.
- A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers
- (physics) Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound.
- (mathematics) An ideal of a ring that measures how far it is from being integrally closed
- 1988, F van Oystaeyen, Lieven Le Bruyn, Perspectives in ring theory
- If c is the conductor ideal for R in R then prime ideals not containing c correspond to localizations yielding discrete valuation rings.
- 1988, F van Oystaeyen, Lieven Le Bruyn, Perspectives in ring theory
- A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, such as lithontriptic forceps; a director.
- (architecture) A leader.
Antonyms
- non-conductor (3), nonconductor (3), insulator (3)
Derived terms
- conductor rail
- lightning conductor
Related terms
- conduct
- semiconductor, dielectric
Translations
See also
- ticket inspector
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conductor, conduct?rem (“contractor, employer”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kon.duk?to/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kun.duk?to/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kon.duk?to?/
Adjective
conductor (feminine conductora, masculine plural conductors, feminine plural conductores)
- driving
- conducting
Noun
conductor m (plural conductors)
- driver
- (physics) conductor
Related terms
- conduir
Latin
Etymology
From cond?c? (“I lead”) +? -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon?duk.tor/, [k?n??d??kt??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon?duk.tor/, [k?n??d?ukt??r]
Noun
conductor m (genitive conduct?ris, feminine conductr?x); third declension
- employer, entrepreneur
- contractor
- (physics) conductor (of heat, electricity etc)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- conductor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- conductor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conductor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- conductor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Noun
conductor m (plural conductores, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductoras)
- Obsolete form of condutor.
Romanian
Etymology
From French conducteur, from Latin conductor.
Noun
conductor n (plural conductori)
- conductor
- driver
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conductor, conductorem (“contractor, employer”). Cognate with English conductor.
Noun
conductor m (plural conductores, feminine conductora, feminine plural conductoras)
- driver, motorist
- conductor (transmitter of electricity, heat, light or sound)
- (Argentina, Uruguay) presenter; host (of television show)
Derived terms
Related terms
- conducir
See also
- chófer
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