# cantor
## English
### Alternative forms

* cantour (obsolete)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkæntɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈkæntə(ɹ)/
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* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ)

### Noun

cantor (plural cantors)
* 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.
* A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan

#### Derived terms

* cantoral
* cantoress
* cantorial
* cantorship
* cantress
* subcantor

#### 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”), cantōrem.

### Noun

cantor m (plural cantores)
* singer (person who sings)

#### Synonyms

* cantante

#### Related terms

* cantar

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cantōrem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kənˈto]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kanˈtoɾ]

### Noun

cantor m (plural cantors, feminine cantora)
* singer (person who sings as a job)
    Hypernym: cantaire
    Hypernym: cantador

#### 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, 2025
* “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 Latin) IPA: /ˈkan.tor/, [ˈkän̪t̪ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkan.tor/, [ˈkän̪t̪or]

### Etymology 1

From canō (“I sing”) +‎ -tor.

#### Noun

cantor m (genitive cantōris, feminine cantrīx); third declension
* 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?
* player (male)

##### Declension

Third-declension noun.

##### Coordinate terms

* cantrīx

##### Related terms

* canō
* canor
* canōrus
* cantāmen
* canticum
* cantiō
* cantō
* cantus

##### Descendants

* Asturian: cantor
* Catalan: cantor
* Champenois: chantou
* English: cantor
* Franc-Comtois: tchaintou
* French: chantre, chanteur
* Friulian: cjantôr
* Galician: cantor
* Italian: cantore
* Norman: chanteux
* Portuguese: cantor
* Romanian: cantor
* Sardinian: cantore, cantori
* Spanish: cantor
* Swedish: kantor
* Venetan: cantor
* Walloons: tchanteu

### Etymology 2

Inflected form of cantō (“I sing”).

#### Verb

cantor
* first-person singular present passive indicative of cantō

### 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 cantōrem (“male singer”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kɐ̃ˈtoʁ/ [kɐ̃ˈtoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kɐ̃ˈtoʁ/ [kɐ̃ˈtoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kɐ̃ˈtoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kɐ̃ˈtoʁ/ [kɐ̃ˈtoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kɐ̃ˈtoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ̃ˈtoɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ̃ˈtoɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɐ̃ˈto.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: can‧tor

### Noun

cantor m (plural cantores, feminine cantora, feminine plural cantoras)
* singer (person who sings)

#### Derived terms

* cantorzinho (diminutive)
* cantautor

#### Related terms

* cantar
* cântico
* canto
* cantoria
* encantar

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cantor.

### Noun

cantor m (plural cantori)
* cantor

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin cantōrem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kanˈtoɾ/ [kãn̪ˈt̪oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: can‧tor

### Adjective

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

#### Derived terms

* ave cantora
* gorrión cantor
* pájaro cantor

### Noun

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

#### Related terms

* cantar
* canto

### Further reading

* “cantor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* contar
* contra
* cortan
* tranco

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Latin cantor, cantōrem.

### Noun

cantor m (plural cantori) or cantor m (plural canturi)
* singer, chorister

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Middle Welsh kantor, from Latin cantor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkantɔr/

### Noun

cantor f (plural cantorion or cantoriaid, feminine cantores)
* singer
    Synonym: canwr

### Mutation

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

### 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