kor
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- chancel, choir, the part of a church housing the altar
- (dated) a choir (group of singing people)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish kor inherited from Old Norse kórr derived 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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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chorus English
- balettikuoro Finnish
- enkelikuoro Finnish
- gospelkuoro Finnish
- hiippakuntakuoro Finnish
- huutokuoro Finnish
- kamarikuoro Finnish
- kirkkokuoro Finnish
- kitarakuoro Finnish
- kuoro Finnish
- kuoro-osa Finnish
- kuoroesitys Finnish
- kuorokohtaus Finnish
- kuorolainen Finnish
- kuorolaulu Finnish
- kuorolausunta Finnish
- kuoromusiikki Finnish
- kuorosovitus Finnish
- kuorosävellys Finnish
- kuorosäveltäjä Finnish
- kuoroteos Finnish
- lapsikuoro Finnish
- laulukuoro Finnish
- lausuntakuoro Finnish
- mieskuoro Finnish
- oopperakuoro Finnish
- sekakuoro Finnish
- 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 Norwegian Bokmål
- korskrank Swedish
- kör Swedish
- skrank Swedish
- cór Irish
- *koʀ Old Norse
- kórr Old Norse
- kor Danish
- kår Danish
- quer Old French
- ĥoro Esperanto
- kór Icelandic
- χορός Greek (modern)
- côr Welsh
- côor Middle Dutch
- kór Faroese
- kōr Middle High German
- kuar Albanian
- cuer Middle French
- coro Old Portuguese
- kor Old Swedish
- côr Friulian
- choras Lithuanian
- coro Old Spanish