chore

See also -chore

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: chô, IPA: /tʃɔː/, SAMPA: /tSO:/
• (US) enPR: chôr, IPA: /tʃoʊr/, IPA: /tʃɔːr/, SAMPA: /tSO:r/

  Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

• dialectal US (e.g. southeastern Louisiana): IPA: /koʊr~koʊə/

Etymology 1

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”)).

Noun

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.

Translations

task

Bulgarian: неприятна работа (bg) Dutch: taak (nl) f. Esperanto: farotaĵo (eo) Finnish: taloustyö (fi) French: corvée (fr) Greek: αγγαρεία (el) (aggareía) f.

Hebrew: מטלה (he) Japanese: 雑用 (ja) (ざつよう, zatsuyō), 雑務 (ja) (ざつむ, zatsumu) Korean: 가사 (ko) (家事), 허드렛일 (ko) Portuguese: tarefa (pt) Spanish: quehacer (es), mandado (es) Telugu: చాకిరీ (te)

References

• “chore” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

1. (UK, informal) To steal.

Related terms

• chor (Geordie)

Anagrams

• ocher, ochre

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Latin

Noun

chore

1. vocative singular of chorus

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Polish

Adjective

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

1. neuter singular form of chory; ill, sick

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Portuguese

Verb

chore

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