chaire

English

Noun

chaire (plural chaires)

1. Obsolete spelling of chair.
   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “[Apophthegm 213]”, in Apophthegmes New and Old. […], London: […] Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, […], →OCLC, page 234:

     [T]he poſture of the Confeſſant and the Prieſt in Confeſsion: which is, that the Confeſſant kneeles downe before the Prieſt ſitting in a raiſed chaire aboue him.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French chaire, from Old French chaiere, chaere, inherited from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra). Doublet of cathèdre and chaise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛʁ/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: chair, chaires, chairs, cher, chers, chère, chères, cherres

Noun

chaire f (plural chaires)

1. pulpit
2. rostrum
3. chair (of university)
4. throne (of the pope)

Related terms

• chaise

Further reading

• “chaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• cahier, chiera

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Middle English

Noun

chaire

1. Alternative form of chayer

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Middle French

Alternative forms

• chaere

Etymology

From Old French chaiere, from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra).

Noun

chaire f (plural chaires)

1. chair (item of furniture)
   • 1552, François Rabelais, Le Tiers Livre:

     Apportez moy a ce bout de table une chaire.

     Bring me a chair to the end of this table.

Descendants

• French: chaire, chaise
  • → Alemannic German: Scheese
  • → English: chaise
    • ⇒ English: shay (archaic)
  • Louisiana Creole: lashèz, lashèj, shèj, shèz

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxarʲe/

Noun

chaire

1. Lenited form of caire.