chór
Czech
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French quer, from Latin chorus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchór m inan
Declension
editFurther reading
editIrish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editchór
- Lenited form of cór.
Polish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editLearned borrowing from Latin chorus.
Noun
editchór m inan (diminutive chórek, related adjective chóralny or chórowy)
- (countable) choir (group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together)
- (uncountable) choir (choral singing lessons)
- (countable) chorus (collective singing)
- (countable) chorus (song performed by an ensemble)
- (countable, music) chorus (group of sounds or voices heard simultaneously)
- (countable, music) chorus (group of stringed or wind instruments of the same family)
- (countable, derogatory, figurative) chorus (group of people who express a unanimous opinion)
- (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)
- (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
- (countable, architecture) quire (balcony or gallery in the palace hall intended for the orchestra)
- (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)
- (countable, Ancient Greece, historical, theater) chorus (song performed by the singers of such a group)
Declension
editDeclension of chór
Derived terms
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Related terms
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Etymology 2
edit(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).
Noun
editchór m inan
- (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)
Declension
editDeclension of chór
Further reading
edit- chór in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- chór in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- chór in PWN's encyclopedia
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “kór”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 519
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