coro

See also: córo and 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)

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) synonym of kecoak (cockroach)

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Latin chorus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ɔro
  • Hyphenation: cò‧ro

Noun

coro m (plural cori)

  1. chorus
  2. choir

Anagrams

Javanese

Romanization

coro

  1. romanization of ꦕꦺꦴꦫꦺꦴ
  2. nonstandard spelling of cara, romanization of ꦕꦫ

Latin

Noun

cōrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of cōrus

Manchu

Romanization

coro

  1. 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)

  1. (collective) choir (singing group)
    Eu canto num coro.I sing in a choir.
  2. (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

  1. 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)

  1. choir
    Canto en un coro
    I sing in a choir
  2. (music) chorus (of a song)
    ¡Amo el coro de esta canción!
    I love the chorus in this song!
  3. (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

References

  1. ^ 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

Wolof

Noun

coro

  1. girlfriend