kontor

• Kontor

Attested since late 19th century. Learned borrowing from German Kontor and Middle Low German kontôr (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument sufffix). Doublet of cantore, computer, and counter.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒntɔː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑntɔɹ/
• Homophone: contour (one pronunciation)

kontor (plural kontors or kontore)

1. (historical) One of the four chief trading posts of the Hanseatic League that enjoyed a great degree of legal autonomy; located in Bruges, London, Bergen and Novgorod.

Borrowed from Middle Low German kontōr (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk”), from Middle Dutch cantoor, cantoor, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument suffix), from Latin computāre (“calculate, compute”) and -tōrium.

• IPA^(key): [kʰɔnˈtˢoɐ̯ˀ], [kʰonˈtˢoɐ̯ˀ]

kontor n (singular definite kontoret, plural indefinite kontorer)

1. office

Akin to Danish kontor, German Kontor, Russian контора (kontora). Regardless of the intermediate, ultimately from Middle Low German kontôr, komtôr, komptor (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument sufffix), from Latin computāre and -tōrium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkontor/

kontor (genitive kontori, partitive kontorit)

1. office

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• postkontor

• IPA^(key): /konˈtɔr/

kontor

1. future infinitive of kontar

From Danish kontor, see above.

kontor n (definite singular kontoret, indefinite plural kontor or kontorer, definite plural kontora or kontorene)

1. an office

• “kontor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from Danish kontor either directly or through Norwegian Bokmål kontor, see above.

kontor n (definite singular kontoret, indefinite plural kontor, definite plural kontora)

1. an office

• “kontor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Since late 16th century, borrowed from Middle Low German kontôr, komtôr, komptor (“commercial branch; writing room; counting desk/table”), from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument suffix).

• Audio:

  (file)

kontor n

1. office; building or room

• → Finnish: konttori

• kontor in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• kontor in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)