kantor

See also: Kantor, kántor, Kántor, käntor, kȧntor, and kantór

Ido

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kanˈtɔr/

Verb

kantor

  1. future infinitive of kantar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch kantoor. Doublet of komputer and konter.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkantɔr]
  • Hyphenation: kan‧tor

Noun

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

Derived terms
Affixations
  • berkantor
  • kantoran
  • perkantoran
Compounds

Descendants
  • → Malay: kantor

Further reading

Javanese

Alternative forms

kantor

  1. Alternative spelling of ꦏꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦂ (kantor)

Malay

Etymology

From Indonesian kantor.

Noun

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

  1. (Indonesia) synonym of pejabat (“office”), see Indonesian kantor for complete entry.

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

Further reading

Polish
kantor sense 1
kantor sense 3
kantor sense 1

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkan.tɔr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -antɔr
  • Syllabification: kan‧tor
  • Homophone: Kantor

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) cantor (singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony)
    Hypernym: śpiewak
  2. (archaic, Protestantism) cantor (choir conductor and organist)
  3. (Judaism) cantor, hazzan (prayer leader in a Jewish service)
    Synonym: chazan
    Hypernym: śpiewak
Declension
Declension of kantor
singular plural
nominative kantor kantorzy/kantorowie
genitive kantora kantorów
dative kantorowi kantorom
accusative kantora kantorów
instrumental kantorem kantorami
locative kantorze kantorach
vocative kantorze kantorzy/kantorowie

Etymology 2

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

Noun

kantor m inan (diminutive kantorek, related adjective kantorowy)

  1. bureau de change, currency exchange (place where foreign currency can be exchanged)
  2. institution dealing with commercial transactions
  3. store counter (long table from behind which a salesman serves goods in a store)
    Hypernym: lada
  4. (obsolete) company office
    Hypernym: biuro
  5. (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
Declension
Declension of kantor
singular plural
nominative kantor kantory
genitive kantoru kantorów
dative kantorowi kantorom
accusative kantor kantory
instrumental kantorem kantorami
locative kantorze kantorach
vocative kantorze kantory
Derived terms
nouns
  • kantorat
  • kantoria
  • kantorowicz
  • kantorowiec
  • kantorstwo
  • kantorzysta
Descendants

References
  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “kantor II”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “kantor I”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

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

Sundanese

Romanization

kantor

  1. Romanization of ᮊᮔ᮪ᮒᮧᮁ.

Swedish

Noun

kantor c

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

Declension
Declension of kantor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kantor kantorn kantorer kantorerna
Genitive kantors kantorns kantorers kantorernas

References
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