chœur
See also: choeur
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French cuer, quer, a semi-learned adaptation or borrowing (from different stages in time) from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós). Doublet of chorus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kœʁ/
Audio; “un chœur”: (file) Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file) Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file) - Homophones: cœur, cœurs, chœurs
- Rhymes: -œʁ
Noun
chœur m (plural chœurs)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “chœur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.