Chor
German (Berlin)
/koːr/
noun
Definitions
- (music) choir; chorus group of people singing together
- (architecture) choir part of a church building
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German kōr derived from Latin chorus (choir, chorus).
Origin
Latin
chorus
Gloss
choir, chorus
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chorus English
- chorus Latin
- Bach German
- Bachchor German
- Chorknabe German
- Chormeister German
- Knabe German
- Meister German
- Männer German
- Männerchor German
- Posaune German
- Posaunenchor German
- chorisch German
- kórus Hungarian
- corale Italian
- corista Italian
- coro Italian
- policoro Italian
- semicoro Italian
- chorus French
- хормейстер Russian
- χορός Ancient Greek
- kor Swedish
- cór Irish
- kórr Old Norse
- quer Old French
- χορός Greek (modern)
- côr Welsh
- côor Middle Dutch
- chōr Middle High German
- kōr Middle High German
- kuar Albanian
- cuer Middle French
- כאָר Yiddish
- coro Old Portuguese
- côr Friulian
- coro Old Spanish