cantor

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
  2. A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan Judaism

词形变化

cantors plural cantour alternative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der.
Proto-Italic *kanō
Latin canō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin cantorbor.
English cantor
Borrowed from Latin cantor, agent noun from perfect passive participle cantus, from verb canere (“to sing”) + -or (“agent suffix”). Doublet of chanter.
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