see|chóir
wikipedia|Choir (disambiguation)
English

Etymology
From OF. quer < L. chorus, from AGr. polytonic|��� (choros) �company of dancers or singers�. In Middle English spelled as quer, quere; modern spelling influenced by chorus and Modern French ch�ur.

Pronunciation
IPA|/kwaɪ�(ɹ)/ (UK)
IPA|/kwaɪ�/ (US)
audio|en-uk-choir.ogg|Audio (UK)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪ�(r)|-aɪ�(r)

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together

#: The church choir practices Thursday nights.

1. the part of a church where the choir assembles for song
2. italbrac|Christian angelology one of the nine ranks or orders of angels

#: Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones are three of the choirs of angels.

Translations
trans-top|singing group
Bosnian: hor#Bosnian|hor m
Chinese: ���
Dutch: koor n
Esperanto: ĥoro
Estonian: koor
Finnish: kuoro, kööri italbrac|colloquial
French: ch�ur m
German: Chor m
Hebrew: �ק��� (maqhela) f
Icelandic: kór m
Italian: coro#Italian|coro m
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Japanese: ��� (�����, seikatai)
Latin: chorus m
Norwegian: kor c
Polish: chór m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �о�#Serbian|�о� m
:Latin: hor#Serbian|hor m
Spanish: coro#Spanish|coro m
Swedish: kör c
Welsh: côr
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trans-top|part of a church for choir assembly
Dutch: koor n
Finnish: kuori
German: Chor m
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Icelandic: kór m
Norwegian: kor c
Swedish: kor c
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trans-top|a rank or order of angels
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Related terms
choral
chorus
quire

French

Etymology
From L. cadere.

Verb
choir (past participle: chu)

1. (old) fall#Verb|to fall

Synonyms
tomber

Irish

Noun
choir

1. mutation of|coir

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• 2007-12-09 00:11 - Krun - more accurate etymology

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