See also: chor and Chor

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French quer, from Latin chorus.

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Noun

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chór m inan

  1. choir

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  • chór”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • chór”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Irish

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chór

  1. Lenited form of cór.

Polish

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chór sense 1
chór sense 8

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxur/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ur
  • Syllabification: chór

Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin chorus.

Noun

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chór m inan (diminutive chórek, related adjective chóralny or chórowy)

  1. (countable) choir (group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together)
  2. (uncountable) choir (choral singing lessons)
  3. (countable) chorus (collective singing)
  4. (countable) chorus (song performed by an ensemble)
  5. (countable, music) chorus (group of sounds or voices heard simultaneously)
  6. (countable, music) chorus (group of stringed or wind instruments of the same family)
  7. (countable, derogatory, figurative) chorus (group of people who express a unanimous opinion)
  8. (countable, architecture, Christianity) quire (one quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church, generally used by the choir; often near the apse)
  9. (countable, architecture, Roman Catholicism) chancel, presbytery (space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir; in medieval cathedrals, the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen)
    Synonym: prezbiterium
  10. (countable, architecture) quire (balcony or gallery in the palace hall intended for the orchestra)
  11. (countable, Ancient Greece, historical, theater) chorus (group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song)
  12. (countable, Ancient Greece, historical, theater) chorus (song performed by the singers of such a group)
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Russian корь (korʹ) and Ukrainian кір (kir).

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chór m inan

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of kór (rubella, German measles) (mild disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract, and characterised by a rash of pink dots, fever, and swollen lymph nodes)
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