choir
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See also chóir
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French quer < Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (choros) “company of dancers or singers”. In Middle English spelled as quer, quere; modern spelling influenced by chorus and Modern French chœur.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
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choir (plural choirs)
- singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together
- The church choir practices Thursday nights.
- the part of a church where the choir assembles for song
- (Christian angelology) one of the nine ranks or orders of angels
- Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones are three of the choirs of angels.
[edit] Translations
singing group
part of a church for choir assembly
a rank or order of angels
[edit] Related terms
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
IPA: /ʃwaʁ/
[edit] Verb
choir (past participle chu)
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of choir
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | choir | avoir chu | |||||
| gerund | — | en ayant chu | |||||
| present participle | — | ||||||
| past participle | chu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j') | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | choit | — | — | choient |
| imperfect | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| past historic | — | — | chut | — | — | churent | |
| future | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j') | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | chût | — | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
past | — | |||||
| pluperfect | — | ||||||
| imperative | - | tu | - | nous | vous | - | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
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[edit] Irish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [xɛɾʲ]
[edit] Noun
choir
- Mutated form of coir.
