koor

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch koor, from Middle Dutch côor.

Noun

koor (plural kore, diminutive koortjie)

1. (music) choir, vocal ensemble

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch côor, from Latin chorus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːr/

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• Hyphenation: koor
• Rhymes: -oːr

Noun

koor n (plural koren, diminutive koortje n)

1. (music) choir, vocal ensemble
2. (architecture) choir, part of a church building
3. chorus

Derived terms

• dameskoor
• gospelkoor
• kerkkoor
• kinderkoor
• koordans
• koordirigent
• koorgang
• koorgestoelte
• koorknaap
• koorleider
• koormaagd
• koormeisje
• koorpartij
• koorzang
• koorzanger
• koorzangeres
• koorzangster
• mannenkoor
• popkoor
• shantykoor
• spreekkoor

Descendants

• Afrikaans: koor
• → Indonesian: kor (“choir, vocal ensemble”)
• → Papiamentu: kor, koor

Further reading

• “koor” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Anagrams

• rook

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *koori.

Noun

koor (genitive koore, partitive koort)

1. bark
2. peel
3. cream

Declension

Declension of koor (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		koor	koored
accusative	nom.
	gen.	koore
genitive			koorte
partitive		koort	koori
illative		koorde kooresse	koortesse koorisse
inessive		koores	koortes kooris
elative		koorest	koortest koorist
allative		koorele	koortele koorile
adessive		koorel	koortel kooril
ablative		koorelt	koortelt koorilt
translative		kooreks	koorteks kooriks
terminative		kooreni	koorteni
essive		koorena	koortena
abessive		kooreta	koorteta
comitative		koorega	koortega

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German kōr, ultimately from Latin chorus.

Noun

koor (genitive koori, partitive koori)

1. choir

Declension

Declension of koor (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		koor	koorid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	koori
genitive			kooride
partitive		koori	koore koorisid
illative		koori koorisse	kooridesse kooresse
inessive		kooris	koorides koores
elative		koorist	kooridest koorest
allative		koorile	kooridele koorele
adessive		kooril	kooridel koorel
ablative		koorilt	kooridelt koorelt
translative		kooriks	koorideks kooreks
terminative		koorini	koorideni
essive		koorina	kooridena
abessive		koorita	koorideta
comitative		kooriga	kooridega

Further reading

• “koor”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “koor”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “koor”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• koor in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Wolof

Pronunciation

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Noun

koor (definite form koor gi)

1. the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, Ramadan
2. fast

References

• Fal, Arame; Santos, Rosine; Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990), Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 112