"cantor" meaning in English

See cantor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkæntɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈkæntə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cantor.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cantor.wav Forms: cantors [plural], cantour [alternative]
Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cantor, agent noun from perfect passive participle cantus, from verb canere (“to sing”) + agent suffix -or. Doublet of chanter. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂n-}}, {{bor|en|la|cantor}} Latin cantor, {{doublet|en|chanter}} Doublet of chanter Head templates: {{en-noun}} cantor (plural cantors)
  1. singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony Categories (topical): Music, Musicians, People Translations (singer): kantor [masculine] (Czech), kantorka [feminine] (Czech), kantor [common-gender] (Danish), kanttori (Finnish), esilaulaja (Finnish), Kantor [masculine] (German), Kantorin [feminine] (German), Vorsänger [masculine] (German), Vorsängerin [feminine] (German), חזן \ חַזָּן (khazán) [masculine] (Hebrew), kántor (Hungarian), cantore [masculine] (Italian), kantor [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kantor [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), شرقیجی (şarkıcı) (Ottoman Turkish), kantor [masculine] (Polish), chazan [Jewish, masculine] (Polish), kantor [common-gender] (Swedish), חזן (khazan) [Jewish, masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-cantor-en-noun-Zj4iUcxQ Disambiguation of Music: 100 0 Disambiguation of Musicians: 98 2 Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'singer': 96 4
  2. A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan
    Sense id: en-cantor-en-noun-iML5lHBe Categories (other): Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cantoral, cantoress, cantorial, cantorship, cantress, subcantor Related terms: cantorate, cantrix, chant, song leader

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "singer",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kantor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "singer",
      "tags": [
        "Jewish",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chazan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "singer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kantor"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "khazan",
      "sense": "singer",
      "tags": [
        "Jewish",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "חזן"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "cantor"
  ],
  "word": "cantor"
}

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