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)/
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Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪə(r)
- (US) IPA: /kwaɪɚ/, SAMPA: /kwaI@`/
- Rhymes: -aɪɚ
- Homophone: quire
[edit] Noun
Wikipedia 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
a rank or order of angels
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Old French chair, from Vulgar Latin *cadēre < Latin cadere, present active infinitive of cadō.
[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 | ||||||
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| 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 historic1 | 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 anterior1 | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| imperfect1 | — | — | chût | — | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
past | — | |||||
| pluperfect1 | — | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
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[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Irish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [xɛɾʲ]
[edit] Noun
choir
- Mutated form of coir.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English nouns
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French defective verbs
- French verbs
- French archaic terms
- French third group verbs
- Irish mutated nouns
- Irish mutated forms
