kantor

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtɔr/

kantor

1. future infinitive of kantar

From Dutch kantoor, from Middle Dutch cantoor, from Old French comtoir, from Medieval Latin computōrium. Doublet of komputer and konter.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkantɔr]
• 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.
2. workplace

• → Malay: kantor

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

kantor

1. Alternative spelling of ꦏꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦂ (kantor)

From Indonesian kantor.

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.

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -antɔr
• Syllabification: kan‧tor

Borrowed from Latin cantor. Cognate to Kashubian kantór.

kantor m pers

1. (Christianity) cantor
2. (Judaism) cantor, hazzan

   Synonym: chazan

Attested at least since 1760s. Borrowed from German Kontor, from Middle Low German kontôr, komtôr, komptor, from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comtoir, comptoir, from conter, compter + -oir, from Latin computāre and -tōrium. Doublet of kontuar.

Brückner suggests that A instead of O in the first syllable may have been influenced by the paronymical attraction to kantyny, but cf. Dutch kantoor, Middle Low German kantôr.

kantor m inan

1. bureau de change, currency exchange
2. (obsolete) post office

• → Vilamovian: kȧntor

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

kantor

1. Romanization of ᮊᮔ᮪ᮒᮧᮁ.