chór

See also: chor, and Chor

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French quer, from Latin chorus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxoːr]
• Rhymes: -oːr

Noun

chór m inan

1. choir

Declension

Declension of chór (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	chór	chóry
genitive	chóru	chórů
dative	chóru	chórům
accusative	chór	chóry
vocative	chóre	chóry
locative	chóru	chórech
instrumental	chórem	chóry

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

• IPA^(key): /xoːɾˠ/

Noun

chór

1. Lenited form of cór.

Polish

chór sense 1

chór sense 8

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxur/

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• Rhymes: -ur
• Syllabification: chór

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin chorus.

Noun

chór m inan (diminutive chórek, related adjective chóralny or chórowy)

2. (countable) choir (group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together)
3. (uncountable) choir (choral singing lessons)
4. (countable) chorus (collective singing)
5. (countable) chorus (song performed by an ensemble)
6. (countable, music) chorus (group of sounds or voices heard simultaneously)
7. (countable, music) chorus (group of stringed or wind instruments of the same family)
8. (countable, derogatory, figurative) chorus (group of people who express a unanimous opinion)
10. (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)
11. (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

12. (countable, architecture) quire (balcony or gallery in the palace hall intended for the orchestra)
13. (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)
14. (countable, Ancient Greece, historical, theater) chorus (song performed by the singers of such a group)

Declension

Declension of chór

	singular	plural
nominative	chór	chóry
genitive	chóru	chórów
dative	chórowi	chórom
accusative	chór	chóry
instrumental	chórem	chórami
locative	chórze	chórach
vocative	chórze	chóry

Derived terms

adverbs

• chórem

 

nouns

• chórzysta
• chórzystka

 

Related terms

adjectives

• chórmistrzowski

 

adverbs

• chóralnie
• chórkiem
• chórowo

 

nouns

• chóralistyka
• chóralność
• chórmistrz
• chórowość

 

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

1. (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

Declension of chór

	singular
nominative	chór
genitive	chóru
dative	chórowi
accusative	chór
instrumental	chórem
locative	chórze
vocative	chórze

Further reading

• 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