cantautor

Catalan

Etymology

Blend of cantar +‎ autor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kən.təwˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kan.tawˈtoɾ]

Noun

cantautor m (plural cantautors, feminine cantautora)

1. singer-songwriter

Further reading

• “cantautor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Blend of cantar +‎ autor.

Noun

cantautor m (plural cantautores, feminine cantautora, feminine plural cantautoras)

1. singer-songwriter

Further reading

• “cantautor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

Blend of cantor +‎ autor.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: can‧tau‧tor

Noun

cantautor m (plural cantautores, feminine cantautora, feminine plural cantautoras)

1. singer-songwriter

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cantautore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kant.a.uˈtor/

Noun

cantautor m (plural cantautori, feminine equivalent cantautoare)

1. singer-songwriter

Declension

Declension of cantautor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cantautor	cantautorul	(niște) cantautori	cantautorii
genitive/dative	(unui) cantautor	cantautorului	(unor) cantautori	cantautorilor
vocative	cantautorule		cantautorilor

Related terms

• cântăreț

See also

• muzică

References

• cantautor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

Blend of cantar +‎ autor.

Noun

cantautor m (plural cantautores, feminine cantautora, feminine plural cantautoras)

1. singer-songwriter

Further reading

• “cantautor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28