kantor

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cantor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

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

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Further reading

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  • 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)

Ido

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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kantor

  1. future infinitive of kantar

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkantɔr]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -tɔr, -ɔr, -r
  • Hyphenation: kan‧tor

Noun

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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

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Javanese

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Alternative forms

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kantor

  1. Alternative spelling of ꦏꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦂ (kantor)

Malay

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Etymology

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From Dutch kantoor. Doublet of komputer.

Noun

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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.

Descendants

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

References

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  • 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

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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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
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References

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  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

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

Sundanese

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Romanization

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kantor

  1. Romanization of ᮊᮔ᮪ᮒᮧᮁ.

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Noun

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kantor c

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

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