chore

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English

Etymology 1

From earlier char, from Middle English charr, charre, cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, business”), from Old English ċerr, ċierr (“a turn”), from ċierran (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”).

Cognate with Dutch keer (“time; turn; occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn; bend; wind; back-flip; u-turn”). Also related to Saterland Frisian kiere, käire (“to turn”), Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (“to turn”) (German kehren (“to turn”), Dutch keren (“to turn”)). See also char.

Pronunciation

Noun

chore (plural chores)

  1. A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.
    Washing dishes is a chore, but we cannot just stop eating.
    The children were made to do their daily chores before being allowed to play games.
    I used to enjoy being self-employed, but it's become a bit of a chore recently.
    • 1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon‎, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 418:
      Shorty after his nomination as Chief Justice was announced, it came to light that while on the Court, Fortas, a close friend of Johnson's, had performed a number of personal and political chores for him. This was a clear violation of the principle of separation of powers.
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Verb

chore (third-person singular simple present chores, present participle choring, simple past and past participle chored)

  1. (US, dated) To do chores.
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Etymology 2

Possibly derived from Romani ćor (“thief”), see also Geordie word chor.

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Pronunciation

Verb

chore (third-person singular simple present chores, present participle choring, simple past and past participle chored)

  2. (Scotland, dialect) To steal.
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Etymology 3

Noun

chore (plural chores)

  1. (obsolete) A choir or chorus.
    • a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume.  (Second Folio), London: Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:
      On every wall, and sung where e'er I walk. I number these, as being of the chore

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Galician

Verb

chore

  1. inflection of chorar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  2. third-person singular present indicative of chorir

Latin

Noun

chore

  1. vocative singular of chorus

Lower Sorbian

Adjective

chore

  1. Superseded spelling of chóre.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɔ.rɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrɛ
  • Syllabification: cho‧re

Adjective

chore

  1. inflection of chory:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
    2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: cho‧re

Verb

chore

  1. inflection of chorar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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