choir
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See also chóir
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English quer, quere from Old French quer from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (choros), “‘company of dancers or singers’”). Modern spelling influenced by chorus and Modern French chœur.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /kwaɪ.ə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /kwaI.@(r)/
- Audio (UK)help, file
- Rhymes: -aɪə(r)
- (US) IPA: /kwaɪɚ/, SAMPA: /kwaI@`/
- Rhymes: -aɪɚ
[edit] Noun
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Singular |
Plural |
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
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part of a church for choir assembly
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʃwaʁ/
[edit] Verb
choir (past participle chu)
[edit] Conjugation
This is a defective verb, only conjugated in certain tenses.
Conjugation of choir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | choir | avoir chu | |||||
| gerund | en choyant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | choyant | ||||||
| past participle | chu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | chois | chois | choit | choyons | choyez | choient |
| imperfect | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| past historic | chus | chus | chut | chûmes | chûtes | churent | |
| future | choirai / cherrai | choiras / cherras | choira / cherra | choirons / cherrons | choirez / cherrez | choiront / cherront | |
| conditional | choirais | choirais | choirait | choirions | choiriez | choiraient | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Irish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [xɛɾʲ]
[edit] Noun
choir
- Mutated form of coir.
