choral

See also: Choral and chorál

English

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin choralis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin chorus.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kôʹrəl, IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːɹəl/
• enPR: kôrʹəl, IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl

Adjective

choral (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus.

   Palestrina wrote choral music for the Catholic church.

Translations

of or relating to a choir or chorus

• Catalan: coral (ca)
• Galician: coral
• Greek: χορικός (el) m (chorikós)
• Italian: corale (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Manx: cochiaullee
• Romanian: coral (ro)
• Russian: хоровой (ru) (xorovoj)
• Spanish: coral (es)

Etymology 2

See chorale. Hence, cognate with etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kŏ-rälʹ, IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɹɑːl/
• Rhymes: -ɑːl

Noun

choral (plural chorals)

1. Alternative form of chorale

Translations

chorale — see chorale

Anagrams

• lorcha, orchal

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French

Adjective

choral (feminine chorale, masculine plural choraux, feminine plural chorales)

1. choral

Related terms

• chœur

Noun

choral m (plural choraux)

1. chorale

Further reading

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