chore

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.1.2 References 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Related terms 1.4 Anagrams 2 Polish 2.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] 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/

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English cherre (“‘oddjob, turn, occasion, business’”) from Old English cerr, cierr from ċierran (“‘to turn’”) from Proto-Germanic *kar(r)-, karz- (“‘to turn’”) from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“‘to bend, turn’”). Akin to Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (“‘to turn’”) (German kehren).

[edit] 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.

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

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

[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Verb

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

1. (British, informal) To steal.

[edit] Related terms

• chor (Geordie)

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: cehor
• cohære
• ocher
• ochre

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Adjective

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

1. Neuter singular form of chory; ill, sick