cantor
Portuguese, noun/kɐ̃ˈtoʁ/
cantor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “singer (person who sings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que canta”.
What does cantor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesinger (person who sings)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que canta
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cantor
- cantores plural
- cantora feminine
- cantoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cantor?
- Brazil /kɐ̃ˈtoʁ/
- Brazil [kɐ̃ˈtoh]
- /kɐ̃ˈtoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cantor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cantor in Portuguese?
cantor appears 39 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).