cantor

Signification (Anglais)

1. singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony
2. (Judaism) A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan

Concepts

chantre

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cantor

chanteur

cantatrice

Synonymes

chanter

hazan

precentor

choirmaster

singer

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chorister

vocalist

vocalists

Traductions

chantre

Kantor

ψάλτης

cantore

cantor

τραγουδιστής

director de cor

cantant

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Vokalist

Vokalistin

πρωτοψάλτης

Singer

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xantre

Sängerin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkæntɔː(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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