ĥoro

See also: Appendix:Variations of "horo"

Esperanto

ĥoro de viroj

Alternative forms

• hhoro (H-system spelling)
• hxoro (X-system spelling)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Compare Russian хор (xor), Polish chór. Doublet of Koruso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxoro/

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• Rhymes: -oro
• Syllabification: ĥo‧ro

Noun

ĥoro (accusative singular ĥoron, plural ĥoroj, accusative plural ĥorojn)

1. choir, chorus

   Synonym: koruso

   • 1906, Shakespeare, trans. Zamenhof, Hamleto, Reĝido de Danujo, Project Gutenberg transcription

     Vi prenis sur vin la oficon de la antikva ĥoro.

     You have taken the office of the ancient choir on you.

   • 2025 August 11, Rianne Sanders, “Tre plena semajno en Ĉeĥio”, in uea.facila‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 November 2025:

     Eĉ eblis partopreni en internacia ĥoro.

     It was even possible to participate in an international choir.

Further reading

• “ĥoro”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “ĥoro”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
• Wells, John C. (1992), “ĥor/o, choir, chorus”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary‎^[2], →ISBN, pages 87, 207
• Benson, Peter J. (1995), “choir, chorus”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary‎^[3], →ISBN, page 112
• Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “ĥor-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[4], →OL, page 171
• Motteau, Achille (1907), “ĥor-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[5], →OCLC, page 52