kantor

Borrowed from Latin cantor.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkantor]

kantor m anim (female equivalent kantorka, related adjective kantorský)

1. (dated) schoolmaster, teacher
2. (Judaism) cantor, hazzan
3. choirmaster, chapelmaster

• “kantor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kantor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kantor”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtɔr/

kantor

1. future infinitive of kantar

From Malay kantor, from Dutch kantoor. Doublet of komputer and konter.

• Translation of Japanese 局(きょく) (kyoku, “bureau, department”) as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah. See kyoku.
• Translation of Japanese 省(しょう) (shō, “bureau, department”) as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah. See -zyoo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkantɔr]

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• Rhymes: -tɔr, -ɔr, -r
• Hyphenation: kan‧tor

kantor (plural kantor-kantor, first-person possessive kantorku, second-person possessive kantormu, third-person possessive kantornya)

1. office, a room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work.

   Synonym: jawatan

2. workplace

• “kantor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

kantor

1. Alternative spelling of ꦏꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦂ (kantor)

From Dutch kantoor. Doublet of komputer.

kantor (Jawi spelling کنتور, plural kantor-kantor, informal 1st possessive kantorku, 2nd possessive kantormu, 3rd possessive kantornya)

1. (Riau, Sumatra) office.

   Synonym: pejabat.

   • 1919, Abraham Anthony Fokker, Kitap tjonto soerat-soerat Melajoe, page 250:

     Bajarannja seperti dahoeloe, boleh Toean tarik wissel kepada Kantor Kompeni Ketjil di sini.

     The payment is as usual, you can whistle the Small Company Office here.

• → Min Nan: 幹刀／干刀 (kàn-to), 干多 (kan-to)

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “کنتر kantor”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 537
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kantur”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 507

• “kantor” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

 

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kantor sense 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -antɔr
• Syllabification: kan‧tor
• Homophone: Kantor

Learned borrowing from Latin cantor.^[1] Compare Kashubian kantór.

kantor m pers (female equivalent kantorka, related adjective kantorski or kantoralny)

2. (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) cantor (singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony)

   Hypernym: śpiewak

3. (archaic, Protestantism) cantor (choir conductor and organist)
5. (Judaism) cantor, hazzan (prayer leader in a Jewish service)

   Synonym: chazan

   Hypernym: śpiewak

Borrowed from German Kontor.^[2] Doublet of kontuar.

kantor m inan (diminutive kantorek, related adjective kantorowy)

2. bureau de change, currency exchange (place where foreign currency can be exchanged)
3. institution dealing with commercial transactions
4. store counter (long table from behind which a salesman serves goods in a store)

   Hypernym: lada

5. (obsolete) company office

   Hypernym: biuro

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

   Synonym: poczta

• → Vilamovian: kȧntor

• kantor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kantor in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kantor in PWN's encyclopedia

kantor

1. Romanization of ᮊᮔ᮪ᮒᮧᮁ.

 

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kantor c

1. a cantor (church musician)
2. a cantor, a hazzan (prayer leader in Jewish service)

• kantor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kantor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kantor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)