different between castor vs cantor

English

Etymology 1

From Old French castor (“beaver”), from Latin castor (“beaver”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??s.t?/
• Rhymes: -??st?(r)
• Homophone: caster

Noun

castor (plural castors)

1. A hat made from the fur of the beaver.
2. A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
3. Castoreum (bitter exudate of mature beavers).
4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ariadne, of Africa and Asia.

Synonyms

• (hat): beaver, castoreum (archaic)
• (cloth): beaver

Related terms

• castorette
• castoreum

Translations

See also

• castor bean
• castor oil

Etymology 2

Named from Greek mythology; see Castor and Pollux. The name pollux was given to another mineral with which it was always found.

Noun

castor (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A variety of petalite found in Elba.

Synonyms

• castorite

Etymology 3

Alternative spelling of caster, via cast +? -or (the Latinate varient of -er).

Noun

castor (plural castors)

1. (especially Britain) Alternative spelling of caster, especially in its senses
   1. A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture to allow it to be moved.
   2. A container with a perforated cap for sprinkling its contents, especially salt, pepper, &c.

Derived terms

• castor sugar

References

castor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Castro, Croats, acrost, actors, co-star, costar, scroat, scrota, tarocs

Asturian

Noun

castor m (plural castores)

1. beaver

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin castor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /k?s?to/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kas?to?/

Noun

castor m (plural castors)

1. beaver

Further reading

• “castor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.t??/
• Homophone: castors

Noun

castor m (plural castors)

1. beaver (aquatic mammal)

Synonyms

• (beaver): bièvre

Further reading

• “castor” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• scorât

Galician

Etymology

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

Noun

castor m (plural castores)

1. beaver

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (kást?r), from Doric Greek ?????? (káston, “wood”). See also Sanskrit ??????? (kast?r?, “musk”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kas.tor/, [?käs?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kas.tor/, [?k?st??r]

Noun

castor m (genitive castoris); third declension

1. beaver

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• fiber, beber (Late Latin)

Derived terms

• castore?tus
• castoreum
• castor?n?tus
• castor?nus

Related terms

• Castor

Descendants

See also

• Castor

Anagrams

• Arctos

References

• castor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• castor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• castor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• castor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• castor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• castor in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French castor, from Latin castor (“beaver”).

Noun

castor m (plural castors)

1. (Jersey) beaver

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

Noun

castor m (plural castores)

1. beaver

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French castor and its source, Latin castor, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kást?r).

Noun

castor m (plural castori)

1. beaver

Declension

Synonyms

• biber (less common)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin castor (“beaver”).

Noun

castor m (plural castores)

1. beaver

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)

1. singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony

2. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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

1. singer (male)
2. player (male)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Coordinate terms

• cantr?x

Related terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflected form of cant? (“I sing”).

Verb

cantor

1. 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)

1. singer (person who sings)

Derived terms

• cantorzinho (diminutive)
• cantautor

Related terms

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin cantor

Noun

cantor m (plural cantori)

1. cantor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cantor, cant?rem.

Adjective

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

1. singing

Derived terms

Noun

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

1. 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)

1. singer, chorister

Welsh

Etymology

Latin cantor

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kant?r/

Noun

cantor f (plural cantorion or cantoriaid, feminine cantores)

1. 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?)

1. Alternative spelling of kanntor