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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French quer, from Latin chorus.
Pronunciation
Noun
chór m inan
- choir
Declension
Declension of chór (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “chór”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “chór”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
chór
- Lenited form of cór.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxur/
- Rhymes: -ur
- Syllabification: chór
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin chorus.
Noun
chór 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
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(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
chór 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
Further reading