cuer

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English

Etymology

cue +‎ -er

Noun

cuer (plural cuers)

  1. One who cues.
    • 2010, Carol J. LaSasso, Kelly Lamar Crain, Jacqueline Leybaert, Cued Speech and Cued Language Development for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children:
      Cuers of English and other traditionally spoken languages are concerned solely with conveying the visible consonant-vowel phoneme-equivalents and the accompanying prosodic information.
  2. (dance) The caller in a round dance.

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Etymology

From cua (“tail”) +‎ -er. Compare Spanish colista.

Pronunciation

Noun

cuer m (plural cuers)

  1. last (in a series)
  2. (sports) Team at the bottom of a league

Noun

cuer m (plural cuers, feminine cuera)

  1. a raftsman situated at the rear of the raft
    • 1981, David Griñó i Garriga, Oficis que es perden:
      El rai era conduït per dos raiers; un, al davant, dit el davanter, que era el que conduïa i dirigia servint-se d'una alta verga i, al darrera, hi anava el cuer, a l'últim tram, que ajudava a maniobrar el davanter.
      The raft was steered by two raftsmen; one, at the front, called the davanter, who was the one who steered and guided it by means of a long pole and, at the rear, there came the cuer, on the last section, who helped the davanter to manoeuvre.

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Middle French

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Etymology

From Latin chorus.

Noun

cuer m (plural cuers)

  1. choir

Descendants

  • French: chœur
  • (→English: choir)

Old French

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Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

Noun

cuer oblique singular, m (oblique plural cuers, nominative singular cuers, nominative plural cuer)

  1. (anatomy) heart
  2. (figuratively, by extension) heart (loving/romantic feelings)
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Etymology 2

From Latin chorus n

Noun

cuer oblique singular, m (oblique plural cuers, nominative singular cuers, nominative plural cuer)

  1. choir
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Old Spanish

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Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

Pronunciation

Noun

cuer m (usually uncountable)

  1. heart
    Synonym: coraçon
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 58r:
      Fizo ioiade taiamiento con el reẏ e con el pueblo que ſiruieſſen al ćador de buen cuer.
      Jehoiada made a covenant with the king and with the people, that they should serve the Creator with a good heart.

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