choir

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• UK: /kwaɪə(ɹ)/
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• US: /kwaɪɚ/
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• South-Asia: /khwajr/
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• South-Asia: /khɔjr/ spelling pronunciation
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• rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
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• rhymes with (South Asia spelling pronunciation) -ɔɪə(ɹ)
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• homophone: quire
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• CMU ARPABET: K W AY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Mongolian Чойр (Čojr).

From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Modern spelling influenced by chorus and French chœur. Doublet of quire, chorus, and hora.

150 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Cantonese: 喬伊爾 /乔伊尔 — a city in Govisümber, Mongolia
• Chinese Mandarin: 喬伊爾 /乔伊尔 (Qiáoyī'ěr) — a city in Govisümber, Mongolia
• Hindi: चोइर (coir) — a city in Govisümber, Mongolia
• Mongolian: Чойр (Čojr) — a city in Govisümber, Mongolia
• Mongolian: ᠴᠣᠶᠢᠷ (čoyir) — a city in Govisümber, Mongolia
• Russian: Чойр (Čojr) — a city in Govisümber, Mongolia
• Afrikaans: koor — singing group
• Albanian: kor — singing group
• Arabic: خُورُس (ḵūrus) — singing group
• Arabic: جَوْقَة (jawqa) — singing group
• Arabic: كُورَال (kūrāl) — singing group
• Arabic: كَوْرَس (kawras) — singing group
• Arabic: كُورَس (kūras) — singing group
• Arabic: كورال (korāl) — singing group
• Armenian: երգչախումբ (ergčʻaxumb) — singing group
• Azerbaijani: xor — singing group
• Basque: abesbatza — singing group
• Basque: koru — singing group
• Belarusian: хор (xor) — singing group
• Bulgarian: хор (hor) — singing group
• Catalan: cor — singing group
• Chinese Cantonese: 合唱團 /合唱团 (hap6 coeng3 tyun4) — singing group
• Chinese Mandarin: 合唱團 /合唱团 (héchàngtuán) — singing group
• Chinese Mandarin: 唱詩班 /唱诗班 (chàngshībān) — singing group
• Czech: sbor — singing group
• Czech: chór — singing group
• Danish: kor — singing group
• Dutch: koor — singing group
• Esperanto: ĥoro — singing group
• Esperanto: koruso — singing group
• Estonian: koor — singing group
• Faroese: kór — singing group
• Finnish: kuoro — singing group
• Finnish: kööri — singing group
• French: chœur — singing group
• French: chorale — singing group
• Galician: coro — singing group
• Georgian: გუნდი (gundi) — singing group
• German: Chor — singing group
• Greek: χορωδία (chorodía) — singing group
• Ancient Greek: χορός (khorós) — singing group
• Hebrew: מַקְהֵלָה (mak'helá) — singing group
• Hindi: कोरस (koras) — singing group
• Hindi: वृन्दगान (vŕndagān) — singing group
• Hindi: गायक-मंडली (gāyak-maṇḍlī) — singing group
• Hungarian: kórus — singing group
• Hungarian: énekkar — singing group
• Hungarian: kar — singing group
• Icelandic: kór — singing group
• Ido: koro — singing group
• Indonesian: kor — singing group
• Indonesian: paduan suara — singing group
• Irish: cór — singing group
• Italian: coro — singing group
• Japanese: 合唱団 (gasshōdan) — singing group
• Kazakh: хор (xor) — singing group
• Khmer: ក្រុមចម្រៀង (krom cɑɑcɑmriəng) — singing group
• Korean: 합창단 (hapchangdan) — singing group
• Krio: kwaya — singing group
• Kyrgyz: хор (hor) — singing group
• Lao: ຄາຍົກຄະນະ (khk kha na) — singing group
• Latin: chorus — singing group
• Latin: concentus — singing group
• Latvian: koris — singing group
• Lithuanian: choras — singing group
• Luhya: ekwaya — singing group
• Macedonian: хор (hor) — singing group
• Malay: koir — singing group
• Malay: paduan suara — singing group
• Māori: koaea — singing group
• Māori: koea — singing group
• Māori: rōpū waiata — singing group
• Māori: tira waiata — singing group
• Māori: kapa waiata — singing group
• Mauritian Creole: koral — singing group
• Middle English: quer — singing group
• Mongolian: найрал дуу (najral duu) — singing group
• Mongolian: ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠯ ᠳᠠᠭᠤᠤ (nayiral daɣuu) — singing group
• Khiamniungan Naga: tsúihói — singing group
• Ngarrindjeri: kykulan — singing group
• Norwegian Bokmål: kor — singing group
• Old English: chor — singing group
• Iranian Persian: گُروهِ کُر (goruh-e kor) — singing group
• Iranian Persian: کُر (kor) — singing group
• Plautdietsch: Kua — singing group
• Polish: chór — singing group
• Portuguese: coro — singing group
• Portuguese: coral — singing group
• Romanian: cor — singing group
• Russian: хор (xor) — singing group
• Scottish Gaelic: còisir — singing group
• Serbo-Croatian: хо̑р — singing group
• Serbo-Croatian: збо̏р — singing group
• Serbo-Croatian: hȏr — singing group
• Serbo-Croatian: zbȍr — singing group
• Slovak: chór — singing group
• Slovak: zbor — singing group
• Slovene: zbor — singing group
• Slovene: kor — singing group
• Spanish: coro — singing group
• Spanish: orfeón — singing group
• Spanish: escolanía — singing group
• Spanish: masa coral — singing group
• Swahili: kwaya — singing group
• Swedish: kör — singing group
• Tajik: хор (xor) — singing group
• Tatar: хор (xor) — singing group
• Thai: คายกคณะ (kaa-yá-gà-ká-ná) — singing group
• Thai: ลูกคู่ (lûuk-kûu) — singing group
• Thai: นักร้องหมู่ (nák-rɔ́ɔng-mùu) — singing group
• Thai: คณะประสานเสียง (ká-ná-bprà-sǎan-sǐiang) — singing group
• Tokelauan: kaufaipehe — singing group
• Turkish: koro — singing group
• Turkmen: hor — singing group
• Ukrainian: хор (xor) — singing group
• Uyghur: خور (xor) — singing group
• Uzbek: xor — singing group
• Vietnamese: dàn hợp xướng — singing group
• Vietnamese: hợp xướng — singing group
• Welsh: côr — singing group
• Yiddish: כאָר (khor) — singing group
• Armenian: դաս (das) — part of a church for choir assembly
• Basque: koru — part of a church for choir assembly
• Bulgarian: хор (hor) — part of a church for choir assembly
• Czech: kruchta — part of a church for choir assembly
• Czech: kůr — part of a church for choir assembly
• Dutch: koor — part of a church for choir assembly
• Finnish: kuori — part of a church for choir assembly
• French: chœur — part of a church for choir assembly
• German: Chor — part of a church for choir assembly
• Greek: χορωδία (chorodía) — part of a church for choir assembly
• Hungarian: kórus — part of a church for choir assembly
• Hungarian: énekkar — part of a church for choir assembly
• Hungarian: kar — part of a church for choir assembly
• Icelandic: kór — part of a church for choir assembly
• Indonesian: kor — part of a church for choir assembly
• Italian: coro — part of a church for choir assembly
• Japanese: 聖歌隊 (seikatai) — part of a church for choir assembly
• Middle English: quer — part of a church for choir assembly
• Norwegian Bokmål: kor — part of a church for choir assembly
• Polish: chór — part of a church for choir assembly
• Portuguese: coro — part of a church for choir assembly
• Russian: хоры́ (xorý) — part of a church for choir assembly
• Swedish: kor — part of a church for choir assembly
• French: classe — a rank or order of angels
• French: chœur — a rank or order of angels
• German: Engelschor — a rank or order of angels
• Italian: coro — a rank or order of angels
• Polish: chór — a rank or order of angels
• Portuguese: coro — a rank or order of angels