xantre

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French chantre, from Latin cantor. Doublet of cantor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʃan.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈt͡ʃan.tɾe]

Noun

xantre m (plural xantres)

1. precentor
2. (Roman Catholicism) a title given to the fourth-ranked canon of a cathedral chapter

Synonyms

• cabiscol

References

• “xantre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “xantre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.