choir
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See also chóir
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- quire (archaic)
Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA: /kwaɪ.ə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /kwaI.@(r)/
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Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪə(r)
- (US) IPA: /kwaɪɚ/, X-SAMPA: /kwaI@`/
- Rhymes: -aɪɚ
- Homophone: quire
Noun[edit]
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.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, The Mirror and the Lamp:
- Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, The Mirror and the Lamp:
- (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
- Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones are three of the choirs of angels.
Translations[edit]
singing group
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part of a church for choir assembly
a rank or order of angels
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French chair, from Vulgar Latin *cadēre, from Latin cadere, present active infinitive of cadō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ʃwaʁ/
Verb[edit]
choir (defective) (past participle chu)
- (literary) to fall
Conjugation[edit]
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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Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: [xɛɾʲ]
Noun[edit]
choir
- Mutated form of coir.
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- English terms derived from Old French
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