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kantor.

cantor (singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkan.tɔr/
  1. cantor (singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony)

    masculine · person
  2. cantor (choir conductor and organist)

    archaic · masculine · person
  3. cantor, hazzan (prayer leader in a Jewish service)

    Judaism · masculine · person
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin cantorlbor. Polish kantor Learned borrowing from Latin cantor. Compare Kashubian kantór.

noun/ˈkan.tɔr/
  1. bureau de change, currency exchange (place where foreign currency can be exchanged)

    inanimate · masculine
  2. institution dealing with commercial transactions

    inanimate · masculine
  3. store counter (long table from behind which a salesman serves goods in a store)

    inanimate · masculine
  4. company office

    inanimate · masculine · obsolete
  5. post office (place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post, or mail, and selling stamps, etc.)

    inanimate · masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Kontor. Doublet of kontuar.

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