chore
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From earlier char, from Middle English charr, charre, cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, business”), from Old English ċerr, ċierr (“a turn”), from ċierran (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”).
Cognate with Dutch keer (“time; turn; occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn; bend; wind; back-flip; u-turn”). Also related to Saterland Frisian kiere, käire (“to turn”), Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (“to turn”) (German kehren (“to turn”), Dutch keren (“to turn”)). See also char.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chô, IPA(key): /tʃɔː/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) enPR: chôr, IPA(key): /tʃɔɹ/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: chōr, IPA(key): /tʃo(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /tʃoə/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
chore (plural chores)
- A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.
- Washing dishes is a chore, but we cannot just stop eating.
- The children were made to do their daily chores before being allowed to play games.
- I used to enjoy being self-employed, but it's become a bit of a chore recently.
- 1978, Nixon, Richard, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon[1], Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, LCCN 77-87793, OCLC 760525066, OL 7561812M, page 418:
- Shorty after his nomination as Chief Justice was announced, it came to light that while on the Court, Fortas, a close friend of Johnson's, had performed a number of personal and political chores for him. This was a clear violation of the principle of separation of powers.
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Verb[edit]
chore (third-person singular simple present chores, present participle choring, simple past and past participle chored)
References[edit]
- Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “chore”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Etymology 2[edit]
Possibly derived from Romani ćor (“thief”), see also Geordie word chor.
Alternative forms[edit]
- chor (Geordie)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chô, IPA(key): /tʃɔː/
- (General American) enPR: chôr, IPA(key): /tʃɔɹ/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: chōr, IPA(key): /tʃo(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /tʃoə/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Verb[edit]
chore (third-person singular simple present chores, present participle choring, simple past and past participle chored)
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
chore (plural chores)
- (obsolete) A choir or chorus.
- 1640, Ben Jonson, Underwood
- On every wall, and sung where e'er I walk. I number these, as being of the chore
- 1640, Ben Jonson, Underwood
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Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
chore
Lower Sorbian[edit]
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Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
chore
- inflection of chory:
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
chore
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