chor

See also: Chor, chór, chor., and -chor

English

Etymology

See chore (“steal”).

Pronunciation

• Homophone: chore

Verb

chor (third-person singular simple present chors, present participle chorrin, simple past and past participle chorred)

1. (Geordie) Alternative form of chore (“to steal”).

Anagrams

• OCHR, Roch

Bukhari

Bukhari numbers ^(edit)

	40
[a], [b] ←  3	4	5  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: chor, arboʼo     Ordinal: chorum

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres

Proto-Iranian *čaθwā́rah

Middle Persian /čahār/

Classical Persian چَهَار (čahār)

Tajik чаҳор (čahor)

Tajik чор (čor)

Bukhari chor

Inherited from Tajik чор (čor).

Numeral

chor (Cyrillic spelling чор)

1. four

References

• Kimyagarov, Amnun; Kimyagarova, Zoya (2010), “chyor”, in Short English - Russian - Bukharian Jewish Dictionary, New York: International Academy for Development Technologies, →ISBN, page 47

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoɾ/ [ˈt͡ʃoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: chor

Noun

chor f (plural chores)

1. (literary, dialectal) alternative form of flor

Related terms

• chorima
• chorir

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “chor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Further reading

• “chor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “chor”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔɾˠ/

Noun

chor

1. lenited form of cor

Verb

chor

1. past analytic of cor

Kalenjin

Verb

chor

1. to steal

Derived terms

• chorin
• chorindet

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi चोर (cor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃoɾ/

Noun

chor

1. thief; robber; fraudster

   Synonym: voler

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxoɾ/

Noun

chor

1. lenited form of cor

Romani

Noun

chor m (nominative plural chora)

1. Anglicized spelling of ćor

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔɾ/

Noun

chor

1. lenited form of cor

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.?

Proto-Germanic *skertaną

Proto-Germanic *skurtaz

Proto-West Germanic *skurt

Old English sċort

Middle English schort

English shortbor.

Spanish chor

Borrowed from English short.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoɾ/ [ˈt͡ʃoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: chor

Noun

chor m (plural chores or chors)

1. shorts (pantalón corto)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χɔr/

Noun

chor

1. aspirate mutation of cor

Mutation

Mutated forms of cor

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cor	gor	nghor	chor

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.