Cantorbéry

Cantórbery French Alternative forms fr Cantorbie Contorberi Contorbery all obsolete Etymology fr frm Cantorbie, fro Cantorbiere, from fr fro Cantorbire, fro Cantorbiri, form fr enm Caunterbury or its etymon fr ang Cantwarbyriġ, late form of ang Cantwara byriġ, dative and genitive of ang Cantwara burg. 2 Form development The modern French form in -béry, replacing the usual Old French -bire, -biri and Middle French -bie, -biere, is probably an adjustment to pronunciations of modern en -bury with /ɛ/. On the other hand, the -o- in obsolete forms such as fr Contorberi is possibly either of dialectal origin or an adjustment of the /au̯/ of enm Caunterbury to (Old or Middle) French phonotactics, though compare e.g. en-ear Conterbery. Pronunciation Proper noun m fr cathedral city co/Kent cc/England Canterbury fr Canterbury Descendants ca Contorberi 1 obsolete de Contorberi Contorbery 1 obsolete it Cantorberi 1 es Cantórbery 1 now rare; obsolete es Contorberi pt Contorberi 1 obsolete Norman Pronunciation nrf Jer-Cantorbéry.ogg Jersey Proper noun nrf Jersey nrf cathedral city co/Kent cc/England Canterbury nrf Christianity