chorus

English

Etymology

From Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khoros).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɔːɹəs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəs

Noun

chorus (plural choruses or chorusses)

1. A group of singers and dancers in the religious festivals of ancient Greece
2. A group of people in a play or performance who recite together.
3. A group of singers; singing group who perform together.

   The performance of the chorus was awe-inspiring and exhilarating.

4. A repeated part of a song, also called the refrain.

   The catchiest part of most songs is the chorus.

5. A setting or feature in electronic music that makes one voice sound like many.
6. (figuratively) A group of people or animals who make sounds together

   A chorus of crickets

   A chorus of whiners

7. The noise made by such a group.

   a chorus of shouts and catcalls

   • 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0–2 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:

     At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.

8. (theater) An actor who reads the opening and closing lines of a play.

Translations

group of singers and dancers in the religious festivals of ancient Greece

• Arabic: كورس (ar) (káwras) m
• Bulgarian: хор (bg) (hor) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 合唱 (cmn) (héchàng)

• Dutch: koor (nl) n
• Finnish: kuoro (fi)
• French: chœur antique (fr) m, chœur (fr) m
• German: Chor (de) m

• Greek: χορός (el) (chorós) m
• Japanese: コーラス (ja) (kōrasu), 合唱 (ja) (がっしょう, gasshō)
• Korean: 합창 (ko) (hapchang) (合唱 (ko))
• Polish: chór (pl) m
• Russian: хор (ru) (xor) m
• Spanish: coro (es) m
• Vietnamese: hợp xướng (vi)

group of people in a play or performance who recite together

• Bulgarian: хор (bg) (hor) m
• Dutch: koor (nl) n
• Finnish: kuoro (fi)
• French: chœur (fr) m, chorale (fr) f
• German: Chor (de) m

• Greek: χορός (el) (chorós) m
• Polish: chór (pl) m
• Russian: хор (ru) (xor) m
• Spanish: coro (es) m

singing group who perform together

• Bulgarian: хор (bg) (hor) m
• Dutch: koor (nl) n
• Finnish: kuoro (fi)
• French: chœur (fr) m
• German: Chor (de) m
• Greek: χορωδία (el) (chorodía) f
• Hungarian: kórus (hu)

• Irish: cór (ga) m
• Manx: cochiaull (gv)
• Polish: chór (pl) m
• Russian: хор (ru) (xor) m
• Spanish: coro (es) m
• Swedish: kör (sv) c

repeated part of a song

• Bulgarian: припев (bg) (pripev) m, рефрен (bg) (refren) m
• Dutch: refrein (nl) n
• Finnish: kertosäe (fi)
• French: refrain (fr) m
• German: Refrain (de) m
• Greek: επωδός (el) (epodós) f, ρεφρέν (el) (refrén) n

• Hungarian: refrén (hu)
• Polish: refren (pl) m
• Portuguese: refrão (pt) m
• Russian: припев (ru) (prip'év) m
• Scottish Gaelic: sèist (gd) m and f
• Spanish: estribillo (es) m

setting or feature in electronic music

• Dutch: refrein (nl) n
• Finnish: chorus-efekti

• German: Chorus (de) m
• Polish: chórek (pl) m

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Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: hor m (1,2)
• Hebrew: מקהלה (maqhela) f (2)
• Italian: coro (it) m
• Japanese: 合唱

• Latin: chorus m
• Portuguese: coro (1, 2) m, refrão m (3)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хор m (1,2)

  Roman: hor m (1,2)

• Slovene: zbor m (1,2,3), refren m (4)

Verb

chorus (third-person singular simple present choruses, present participle chorusing or chorussing, simple past and past participle chorused or chorussed)

1. To echo a particular sentiment.
2. To sing the chorus.

Related terms

• choir
• choral
• chorea
• Huntington's chorea
• Sydenham's chorea
• choreography

External links

• Chorus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chorus in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χορός (khoros), a group of actors who recite and sing together.

Noun

chorus (genitive chorī); m, second declension

1. chorus (all forms)

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	chorus	chorī
genitive	chorī	chorōrum
dative	chorō	chorīs
accusative	chorum	chorōs
ablative	chorō	chorīs
vocative	chore	chorī

Descendants

Catalan: cor English: choir, chorus French: chœur Italian: coro

Old French: quer Portuguese: coro Romanian: cor Russian: хор m Spanish: coro