chore

See also: -chore, chóre, and Chöre

English

Etymology 1

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”)). See also char.

Pronunciation

Noun

chore (plural chores)

  1. A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.
    Washing dishes is a chore, but we cannot just stop eating.
Translations

Verb

chore (third-person singular simple present chores, present participle choring, simple past and past participle chored)

  1. (US, dated) To do chores.
References
  • “chore” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Etymology 2

Possibly derived from the Romani word chōr (“thief”), see also Geordie word chor.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

chore (third-person singular simple present chores, present participle choring, simple past and past participle chored)

  1. (Britain, informal) To steal.
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Noun

chore (plural chores)

  1. (obsolete) A choir or chorus.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

chore

  1. vocative singular of chorus

Lower Sorbian

Adjective

chore

  1. superseded spelling of chóre.

Polish

Adjective

chore

  1. nominative and accusative neuter singular of chory
  2. nominative and accusative masculine (non-personal) and feminine and neuter plural of chory

Portuguese

Verb

chore

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of chorar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of chorar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of chorar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of chorar
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