# cuer
## English
### Etymology

From cue +‎ -er.
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### Noun

cuer (plural cuers)
* One who cues.
** 2010, Carol J. LaSasso, Kelly Lamar Crain, Jacqueline Leybaert, Cued Speech and Cued Language Development for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children:Cuers of English and other traditionally spoken languages are concerned solely with conveying the visible consonant-vowel phoneme-equivalents and the accompanying prosodic information.
* (dance) The caller in a round dance.

#### Derived terms

* autocuer

### Anagrams

* Cure, crue, cure, ecru, écru

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* cor

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkweɾ/ [ˈkweɾ]
* Hyphenation: cuer

### Noun

cuer m (plural cueros)
* (archaic) heart
    Synonyms: corazón, coral, corazu
** 1907, Daniel Albuerne, Regalín benditu‎:Llimpió selemente / Dos llágrimas tienras / Que escurro blincaron / Del so cor manteigaShe cleant calmly / Two tender tears/ Which I think jumped / From her butter heart

## Catalan
### Etymology

From cua (“tail”) +‎ -er. Compare Spanish colista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kuˈe]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kuˈeɾ]

### Noun

cuer m (plural cuers)
* last (in a series)
* (sports) Team at the bottom of a league

### Noun

cuer m (plural cuers, feminine cuera)
* a raftsman situated at the rear of the raft
** 1981, David Griñó i Garriga, Oficis que es perden:El rai era conduït per dos raiers; un, al davant, dit el davanter, que era el que conduïa i dirigia servint-se d'una alta verga i, al darrera, hi anava el cuer, a l'últim tram, que ajudava a maniobrar el davanter.The raft was steered by two raftsmen; one, at the front, called the davanter, who was the one who steered and guided it by means of a long pole and, at the rear, there came the cuer, on the last section, who helped the davanter to manoeuvre.

#### Hypernyms

* raier

#### Coordinate terms

* davanter

### Further reading

* “cuer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Middle French
### Alternative forms

* quer

### Etymology

From Latin chorus.

### Noun

cuer m (plural cuers)
* choir

#### Descendants

* French: chœur
* (→English: choir)

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* coer, quer (both less common)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkwɛɾ/, [ˈkwœɾ]

### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

#### Noun

cuer oblique singular, m (oblique plural cuers, nominative singular cuers, nominative plural cuer)
* (anatomy) heart
* (figuratively, by extension) heart (loving/romantic feelings)

##### Related terms

* corage

##### Descendants

* Bourguignon: côr
* Middle French: coeur, cueur, cœur
** French: cœur
*** Antillean Creole: kè
*** Haitian Creole: kè, kœ
*** → Polish: kier
* Norman: tchoeu, tchoeur (Guernsey), qùœu (France), kyör (Sark), cœur
* Walloon: cour
* → Middle English: core (uncertain; see there for more)

### Etymology 2

From Latin chorus n

#### Noun

cuer oblique singular, m (oblique plural cuers, nominative singular cuers, nominative plural cuer)
* choir

##### Descendants

* French: chœur
* Middle English: quere
** English: choir

## Old Spanish
### Alternative forms

* cor

### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈku͡eɾ/

### Noun

cuer m (usually uncountable)
* heart
    Synonym: coraçon
** c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 58r:Fizo ioiade taiamiento con el reẏ e con el pueblo que ſiruieſſen al ćador de buen cuer.Jehoiada made a covenant with the king and with the people, that they should serve the Creator with a good heart.

#### Related terms

* coraçon

#### Descendants

* Spanish: cor