coro

See also: córo and Coro

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦕꦺꦴꦫꦺꦴ (coro, “cockroach”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoro/ [ˈt͡ʃo.ro]
• Rhymes: -oro
• Syllabification: co‧ro

Noun

coro (plural coro-coro)

1. (colloquial, dialectal) synonym of kecoak (“cockroach”)

Further reading

• “coro”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

From Latin chorus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɔro
• Hyphenation: cò‧ro

Noun

coro m (plural cori)

1. chorus
2. choir

Related terms

• corale

Anagrams

• Orco, orco, roco

Javanese

Romanization

coro

1. romanization of ꦕꦺꦴꦫꦺꦴ
2. nonstandard spelling of cara, romanization of ꦕꦫ

Latin

Noun

cōrō

1. dative/ablative singular of cōrus

Manchu

Romanization

coro

1. romanization of ᠴᠣᡵᠣ

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese coro, probably borrowed from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós). Doublet of chorus.

Alternative forms

• côro (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.ɾu/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -oɾu
• Homophone: couro
• Hyphenation: co‧ro

Noun

coro m (plural coros, metaphonic)

1. (collective) choir (singing group)

   Eu canto num coro. ― I sing in a choir.

2. (architecture) choir (part of a church or concert hall where the choir assembles)

Usage notes

The plural may be pronounced with either /o/ or /ɔ/.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -ɔɾu
• Hyphenation: co‧ro

Verb

coro

1. first-person singular present indicative of corar

Further reading

• “coro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “coro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025