choir
/kwaɪə(ɹ)//kwaɪɚ/
choir noun: a group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
Noun
choir (plural choirs)
- A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
- The church choir practices Thursday nights.
- Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- One quarter of a cruciform church, or the architectural area of a church, generally used by the choir; often near the apse.
- Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.
- Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones are three of the choirs of angels.
- A group of angels, especially when depicted in art.
- She is surrounded by a choir of angels1876, John Murray, A Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium, page 146
- The right wing contains S. Francis receiving the Stigmata, beneath which the Virgin and Saviour (the Saviour is in the act of benediction) are represented on a common throne surrounded by a choir of angels.1909, Joseph Archer Crowe, Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, A New History of Painting in Italy, page 16
- Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.
- Any group or assemblage producing sound together; a chorus of loud cries or noises.
- Sow ran and squall'd,
While Jack he bawl'd,
And Jill join'd in the choir,
Dog Ball being near,
Bit sow by the ear,
And threw Jack into the mire.1810, Jack and Jill, and old Dame Gill, York: J. Kendrew, page 12
- Sow ran and squall'd,
Verb
choir (third-person singular simple present choirs, present participle choiring, simple past and past participle choired)
- To sing in concert.
- The great aim of this book is to secure congregational singing, which the churches must come to, at last, after a long interval of choiring.1859, The Presbyterian Magazine, volume 9, page 423
Proper noun capitalized: Choir
Choir
- A city in Govisümber, Mongolia.
- The United States may seek access rights to an air base built by the Soviets outside the city of Choir in Mongolia.2008, Michael L. Levin, “U.S. Foreign Policy, The Debt Explosion, and Demographic Trends”, in The Next Great Clash: China and Russia vs. the United States, Praeger Security International, →ISBN...
choir meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
choir in Hindi
- singing group
- कोरस koras, वृन्दगान vŕndagān, गायक-मंडली gāyak-maṇḍlī
choir in Tamil
- பாடகர் குழு
choir in Marathi
- गायकवृंद, गायकवर्ग, गायकवृन्द
choir in Urdu
- چوکی, طائفہ
More languagesFewer languages
- choir in Bengali
- গায়কদল
- choir in Telugu
- గాయకవృందం
- choir in Malayalam
- ഗായകസംഘം, പള്ളിയിലെ ഗായകസംഘം
- choir in Kannada
- ಗಾಯಕವೃಂದ, ಗಾಯಕವರ್ಗ
- choir in Gujarati
- ગાયકવૃંદ, ગાયકવૃન્દ, ગાયકવૃંદને
- choir in Odia
- ଗାଯ଼କମଣ୍ଡଳ, ଗାଯ଼କ ମଣ୍ଡଳୀ, ଗାଯ଼କମଣ୍ଡଳୀ
- choir in Nepali
- गायकवृन्द, गायकवर्ग, गायकदल
- choir in Arabic
- خُورُس ḵūrus, جَوْقَة jawqa, كُورَال kūrāl, كَوْرَس kawras
- choir in Malay
- koir, paduan suara
- choir in Indonesian
- kor, paduan suara
- choir in Thai
- คายกคณะ kaa-yá-gà-ká-ná, ลูกคู่ lûuk-kûu, นักร้องหมู่ nák-rɔ́ɔng-mùu, คณะประสานเสียง ká-ná-bprà-sǎan-sǐiang
- choir in Vietnamese
- dàn hợp xướng, hợp xướng
Examples of choir in a sentence
- Army choirs and troupes perform at some of North Korea's biggest state events.2020 April 24, Oscar Holland, “How North Korea’s ideology is built on song and dance”, in CNN:
- Third miniature, Christ on a journey met by a choir of angels with musical instruments1889, John William Bradley, A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers, and Copyists With References to Their Works, and...
Forms of choir
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | choirs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | choirs |
| present participle | choiring |
| past participle | choired |
| past | choired |
Origin of choir
From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Modern spelling influenced by chorus and French chœur. Doublet of quire, chorus, and hora. Displaced native Old English hād.
From Mongolian Чойр (Čojr).
Words formed from choir
- antechoir
- antichoir
- brass choir
- choir boy
- choirboy
- choirchild
- choirgirl
- choirleader
- choirless
- choirlike
- choirman
- choirmaster
- choirmate
- choirmistress
- choir organ
- choir school
- choir screen
- choirstall
- choir stall
- choirwise
- chorister
- dawn choir
- join the choir invisible
- Nikon choir
- polychoir
- preach to the choir
- retrochoir
Phrases with choir
Words that rhyme with choir
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- desire
- esquire
- inspire
- tire
- acquire
- admire
- dire
- empire
- respire
- sire
- transpire
- trier
- dryer
- friar
- fryer
- gyre
- lyre
- mire
- misfire
- require
- underfire
- aspire
- bemire
- buyer
- conspire
- inquire
- overfire
- perspire
- quire
- tyre
- attire
- briar
- crier
- higher
- lier
- overtire
- Pryor
- pyre
- re-retire
- retrochoir
- rewire
- supplier
- suspire
- underwire
- unretire
- afire
- byre
- drier
Questions about choir
- What does choir mean?
- Choir means a group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.
- What is choir in Hindi?
- Choir in Hindi is कोरस (koras), वृन्दगान (vŕndagān), गायक-मंडली (gāyak-maṇḍlī). See Choir meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use choir in a sentence?
- Army choirs and troupes perform at some of North Korea's biggest state events.
- What part of speech is choir?
- Choir can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce choir?
- Choir is pronounced /kwaɪə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of choir?
- The plural of choir is choirs.
Words near choir in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: choir (page history and authors); Choir (page history and authors); choir (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); choir (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); choir (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); choir (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); choir (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); choir (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); choir (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); choir (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); choir (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); choir (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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