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"word": "brass choir"
},
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"word": "choir boy"
},
{
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"word": "choir organ"
},
{
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"word": "choir school"
},
{
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"word": "choir screen"
},
{
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"word": "chorister"
},
{
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"word": "dawn choir"
},
{
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"word": "join the choir invisible"
},
{
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"word": "Nikon choir"
},
{
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"word": "preach to the choir"
}
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"3": "",
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
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"1": "enm",
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},
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{
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"2": "fro",
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},
"expansion": "Old French quer",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "chorus"
},
"expansion": "Latin chorus",
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "grc",
"3": "χορός",
"4": "",
"5": "company of dancers or singers"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "chorus"
},
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"1": "fr",
"2": "chœur"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "chorus",
"3": "hora"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of chorus and hora",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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 Modern French chœur, making it the only English word where the digraph oi is pronounced /waɪ/. Doublet of chorus and hora.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "choirs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "choir (plural choirs)",
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"pos": "noun",
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"word": "choral"
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{
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"word": "chorus"
},
{
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"word": "quire"
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "27 20 24 27 2",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Collectives",
"orig": "en:Collectives",
"parents": [
"Miscellaneous",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The church choir practices Thursday nights.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together."
],
"id": "en-choir-en-noun-ncNMpX8P",
"links": [
[
"group",
"group"
],
[
"sing",
"sing"
],
[
"company",
"company"
],
[
"train",
"train"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "koor"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kor"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "korāl",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "كُورَال"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jawqa",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "جَوْقَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kawras",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "كَوْرَس"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kōras",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "كُورَس"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "korāl",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "كورال"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ergčʻaxumb",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "երգչախումբ"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "xor"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "abesbatza"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koru"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hor",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cor"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "合唱團"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "hap⁶ coeng³ tyun⁴",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "合唱团"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "合唱團"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "héchàngtuán",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "合唱团"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "唱詩班"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chàngshībān",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "唱诗班"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sbor"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chór"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kor"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "koor"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "ĥoro"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koruso"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koor"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kór"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kuoro"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "kööri"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chœur"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chorale"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coro"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gundi",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "გუნდი"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Chor"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chorodía",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "χορωδία"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "khorós",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "χορός"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mak'helá",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַקְהֵלָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "koras",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "कोरस"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "vŕndagān",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "वृन्दगान"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "gāyak-maṇḍlī",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "गायक-मंडली"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kórus"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "énekkar"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kar"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kór"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koro"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kor"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "paduan suara"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cór"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coro"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"alt": "がっしょうだん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gasshōdan",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "合唱団"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "хор"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "krom cɑɑcɑmriəng",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "ក្រុមចម្រៀង"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"alt": "合唱團",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hapchangdan",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "합창단"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "hor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "хор"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "khā nyok kha na",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "ຄາຍົກຄະນະ"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chorus"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "concentus"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "koris"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "choras"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "luy",
"lang": "Luhya",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "ekwaya"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "hor",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koir"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "paduan suara"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koaea"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koea"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "rōpū waiata"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "tira waiata"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kapa waiata"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "najral duu",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "найрал дуу"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "nayiral daɣuu",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠯ ᠳᠠᠭᠤᠤ"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "nay",
"lang": "Ngarrindjeri",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kykulan"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kor"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chor"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "goruh-e kor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "گروه کر"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "کر"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kua"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "chór"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coro"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coral"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cor"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "còisir"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "хо̑р"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "збо̏р"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "hȏr"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "zbȍr"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chór"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zbor"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zbor"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kor"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coro"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kwaya"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kör"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "хор"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 19 11 17",
"code": "tt",
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"religion",
"theology"
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]
},
{
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"US"
]
},
{
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "koor"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kor"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "korāl",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "كُورَال"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jawqa",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "جَوْقَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kawras",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kōras",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "كُورَس"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "korāl",
"sense": "singing group",
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"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ergčʻaxumb",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "երգչախումբ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "xor"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "abesbatza"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koru"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hor",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cor"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "合唱團"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "hap⁶ coeng³ tyun⁴",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "合唱团"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "合唱團"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "héchàngtuán",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "合唱团"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "唱詩班"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chàngshībān",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "唱诗班"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sbor"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chór"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kor"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "koor"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "ĥoro"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koruso"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koor"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kór"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kuoro"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "kööri"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chœur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chorale"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coro"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gundi",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "გუნდი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Chor"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chorodía",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "χορωδία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "khorós",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "χορός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mak'helá",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַקְהֵלָה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "koras",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "कोरस"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "vŕndagān",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "वृन्दगान"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "gāyak-maṇḍlī",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "गायक-मंडली"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kórus"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "énekkar"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kar"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kór"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koro"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kor"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "paduan suara"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cór"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coro"
},
{
"alt": "がっしょうだん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gasshōdan",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "合唱団"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "krom cɑɑcɑmriəng",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "ក្រុមចម្រៀង"
},
{
"alt": "合唱團",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hapchangdan",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "합창단"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "hor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "khā nyok kha na",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "ຄາຍົກຄະນະ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chorus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "concentus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "koris"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "choras"
},
{
"code": "luy",
"lang": "Luhya",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "ekwaya"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "hor",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koir"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "paduan suara"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koaea"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koea"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "rōpū waiata"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "tira waiata"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kapa waiata"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "najral duu",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "найрал дуу"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "nayiral daɣuu",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠯ ᠳᠠᠭᠤᠤ"
},
{
"code": "nay",
"lang": "Ngarrindjeri",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kykulan"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kor"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chor"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "goruh-e kor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "گروه کر"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "کر"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kua"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "chór"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coro"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coral"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "còisir"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "хо̑р"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "збо̏р"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "hȏr"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "zbȍr"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chór"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zbor"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zbor"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coro"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "kwaya"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kör"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kaa-yá-gà-ká-ná",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "คายกคณะ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lûuk-kûu",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "ลูกคู่"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "nák-rɔ́ɔng-mùu",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "นักร้องหมู่"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ká-ná-bprà-sǎan-sǐiang",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "คณะประสานเสียง"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "koro"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "hor"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "xor",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "خور"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "xor"
},
{
"alt": "團合唱",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "dàn hợp xướng"
},
{
"alt": "合唱",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "hợp xướng"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "singing group",
"word": "côr"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "khor",
"sense": "singing group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "כאָר"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "das",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"word": "դաս"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"word": "koru"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hor",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хор"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kruchta"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kůr"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "koor"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"word": "kuori"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"word": "chœur"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Chor"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chorodía",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "χορωδία"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"word": "kórus"
},
{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"word": "énekkar"
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{
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"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
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"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
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"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
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"masculine"
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{
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"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
"word": "聖歌隊"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
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"masculine"
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"code": "ru",
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "part of a church for choir assembly",
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},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a rank or order of angels",
"word": "classe"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a rank or order of angels",
"word": "chœur"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "a rank or order of angels",
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"masculine"
],
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"sense": "a rank or order of angels",
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"ref": "1859, The Presbyterian Magazine, volume 9, page 423",
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