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)
- (colloquial, dialectal) synonym of kecoak (“cockroach”)
Further reading
- “coro” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.ro/
- Rhymes: -ɔro
- Hyphenation: cò‧ro
Noun
coro m (plural cori)
Related terms
Anagrams
Javanese
Romanization
coro
Latin
Noun
cōrō
- dative/ablative singular of cōrus
Manchu
Romanization
coro
- romanization of ᠴᠣᡵᠣ
Portuguese
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/
- Hyphenation: co‧ro
Noun
coro m (plural coros)
- (collective) choir (singing group)
- Eu canto num coro. ― I sing in a choir.
- (architecture) choir (part of a church or concert hall where the choir assembles)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: co‧ro
Verb
coro
- first-person singular present indicative of corar
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish coro, borrowed from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoɾo/ [ˈko.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -oɾo
- Syllabification: co‧ro
Noun
coro m (plural coros)
- choir
- Canto en un coro
- I sing in a choir
- (music) chorus (of a song)
- ¡Amo el coro de esta canción!
- I love the chorus in this song!
- (architecture) choir (area where singers in a church stand)
- El coro de la iglesia necesita reparaciones o sino se desplomará.
- The church choir needs repairs or else it'll collapse.
Derived terms
- a coro
- capa de coro
- capellán de coro
- infante de coro
- libro de coro
- niño de coro
- rezar a coros
- sotacoro
Related terms
References
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “coro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “coro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Wolof
Noun
coro