koor

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch koor, from Middle Dutch côor.

Noun

koor (plural kore, diminutive koortjie)

  1. (music) choir, vocal ensemble

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch côor, from Latin chorus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koːr/
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  • Hyphenation: koor
  • Rhymes: -oːr

Noun

koor n (plural koren, diminutive koortje n)

  1. (music) choir, vocal ensemble
  2. (architecture) choir, part of a church building
  3. chorus

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: koor
  • → Indonesian: kor (“choir, vocal ensemble”)
  • → Papiamentu: kor, koor

Further reading

  • “koor” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie.

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *koori.

Noun

koor (genitive koore, partitive koort)

  1. bark
  2. peel
  3. cream
Declension
Declension of koor (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative koor koored
accusative nom.
gen. koore
genitive koorte
partitive koort koori
illative koorde
kooresse 		koortesse
koorisse
inessive koores koortes
kooris
elative koorest koortest
koorist
allative koorele koortele
koorile
adessive koorel koortel
kooril
ablative koorelt koortelt
koorilt
translative kooreks koorteks
kooriks
terminative kooreni koorteni
essive koorena koortena
abessive kooreta koorteta
comitative koorega koortega

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German kōr, ultimately from Latin chorus.

Noun

koor (genitive koori, partitive koori)

  1. choir
Declension
Declension of koor (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative koor koorid
accusative nom.
gen. koori
genitive kooride
partitive koori koore
koorisid
illative koori
koorisse 		kooridesse
kooresse
inessive kooris koorides
koores
elative koorist kooridest
koorest
allative koorile kooridele
koorele
adessive kooril kooridel
koorel
ablative koorilt kooridelt
koorelt
translative kooriks koorideks
kooreks
terminative koorini koorideni
essive koorina kooridena
abessive koorita koorideta
comitative kooriga kooridega

Further reading

  • “koor”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • “koor”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “koor”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • koor in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Wolof

Pronunciation

Noun

koor (definite form koor gi)

  1. the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, Ramadan
  2. fast

References

  • Fal, Arame, Santos, Rosine, Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 112
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