chore

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English cherre (odd job, turn, occasion, business), from Old English ċerr, ċierr (a turn), from ċierran (to turn), from Proto-Germanic *karzijanan (to turn), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (to bend, turn). Cognate with Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (German kehren (to turn)). See also char.

Noun [edit]

chore (plural chores)

  1. A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.
    Washing dishes is a chore, but we can't just stop eating.
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Verb [edit]

chore (third-person singular simple present chores, present participle choring, simple past and past participle chored)

  1. (US, dated) To do chores.
References [edit]
  • chore” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Etymology 2 [edit]

Possibly derived from the Romani word chōr (thief), see also Geordie word chor.

Verb [edit]

chore (third-person singular simple present chores, present participle chorring, simple past and past participle chorred)

  1. (UK, informal) To steal.
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Etymology 3 [edit]

Noun [edit]

chore (plural chores)

  1. (obsolete) A choir or chorus.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

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Latin [edit]

Noun [edit]

chore

  1. vocative singular of chorus

Polish [edit]

Adjective [edit]

chore n, plural f., plural n. (comparative bardziej chore; superlative najbardziej chore)

  1. neuter singular form of chory; ill, sick

Portuguese [edit]

Verb [edit]

chore

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of chorar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of chorar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of chorar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of chorar