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chorus

/ˈkɔːɹəs/KAW-ruhs
/ˈkɔɹəs/KAW-ruhs

Meaninga dancing band

Common meaning: a group singing together

Other meanings: a refrain

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GHAR‘seize, grasp, hold, contain’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 113, p. 734 · scan
  2. Greekχορός‘a dance, a band of dancers’
  3. Latinchorus
  4. Englishchorus‘a group singing together’ · today

chor also in: choralchoir

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek χορός ‘a dance, a band of dancers’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry χορός, p. 1735 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

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