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

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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé 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, 2012–2025
• “chor”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

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

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.