chorus
English
/ˈkɔːɹəs/
noun
Definitions
- A group of singers and dancers in the religious festivals of ancient Greece.
- A group of people in a play or performance who recite together.
- A group of singers; singing group who perform together.
- A repeated part of a song.
- (jazz) The improvised solo section in a small group performance.
- A setting or feature in electronic music that makes one voice sound like many.
- (figuratively) A group of people or animals who make sounds together
- The noise made by such a group.
- (theater) An actor who reads the opening and closing lines of a play.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin chorus (choir, chorus) derived from Ancient Greek χορός (chorus, company of dancers singers, dance, choir, place for dancing, band of singers and dancers, circle dance).
Origin
Ancient Greek
χορός
Gloss
chorus, company of dancers singers, dance, choir, place for dancing, band of singers and dancers, circle dance
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- choruser English
- chorusless English
- choruslike English
- chorusmaster English
- cyberchorus English
- master English
- out-chorus English
- prechorus English
- semichorus English
- choragus Latin
- choralis Latin
- chorus Latin
- kórus Hungarian
- coro Italian
- chorus French
- хор Russian
- Στησίχορος Ancient Greek
- Τερψιχόρα Ancient Greek
- Τερψιχόρη Ancient Greek
- τερψίχορος Ancient Greek
- χοραύλης Ancient Greek
- χορεία Ancient Greek
- χορεύω Ancient Greek
- χορηγός Ancient Greek
- χορός Ancient Greek
- *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- kor Swedish
- cór Irish
- kórr Old Norse
- quer Old French
- ĥoro Esperanto
- χορός Greek (modern)
- côr Welsh
- côor Middle Dutch
- kōr Middle High German
- kuar Albanian
- cuer Middle French
- coro Old Portuguese
- côr Friulian
- choras Lithuanian
- coro Old Spanish