# chore
## English
### Etymology 1

From earlier char, from Middle English charr, charre, cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, business”), from Old English ċerr, ċierr (“a turn”), from ċierran (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”).
Cognate with Dutch keer (“time; turn; occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn; bend; wind; back-flip; u-turn”). Also related to Saterland Frisian kiere, käire (“to turn”), Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (“to turn”) (German kehren (“to turn”), Dutch keren (“to turn”)). See also char.

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chô, IPA: /t͡ʃɔː/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) enPR: chôr, IPA: /t͡ʃoɹ/
* (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: chōr, IPA: /t͡ʃo(ː)ɹ/
* (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /t͡ʃoə/
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

#### Noun

chore (plural chores)
* A task, especially a regularly needed task for the upkeep of a home or similar, such as cleaning or preparing meals.
    Washing dishes is a chore, but we cannot just stop eating.
    The children were made to do their daily chores before being allowed to play games.
* A task that is a difficult, unpleasant, or tediously routine.
    I used to enjoy being self-employed, but it's become a bit of a chore recently.
** 1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon‎, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 418:Shorty after his nomination as Chief Justice was announced, it came to light that while on the Court, Fortas, a close friend of Johnson's, had performed a number of personal and political chores for him. This was a clear violation of the principle of separation of powers.

##### Derived terms

* choreboy
* chore coat
* choreful
* choreless
* chorelike
* choreman
* choresome
* chore wheel
* chorewoman

##### Related terms

* char

##### Translations
#### Verb

chore (third-person singular simple present chores, present participle choring, simple past and past participle chored)
* (US, dated) To do chores.

##### References

* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “chore”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Etymology 2

Possibly derived from Romani ćor (“thief”), see also Geordie word chor.

#### Alternative forms

* chor (Geordie)

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chô, IPA: /t͡ʃɔː/
* (General American) enPR: chôr, IPA: /t͡ʃɔɹ/
* (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: chōr, IPA: /t͡ʃo(ː)ɹ/
* (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /t͡ʃoə/
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

#### Verb

chore (third-person singular simple present chores, present participle choring, simple past and past participle chored)
* (Scotland, dialect) To steal.

##### Synonyms

* steal (standard English)
* thieve (standard English)
* twoc (Geordie)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

chore (plural chores)
* (obsolete) A choir or chorus.
** a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:On every wall, and sung where e'er I walk. I number these, as being of the chore

### Anagrams

* Roche, ocher, ochre, roche

## Galician
### Verb

chore
* inflection of chorar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative
* third-person singular present indicative of chorir

## Latin
### Noun

chore
* vocative singular of chorus

## Lower Sorbian
### Adjective

chore
* Superseded spelling of chóre.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxɔ.rɛ/
* Rhymes: -ɔrɛ
* Syllabification: cho‧re

### Adjective

chore
* inflection of chory:
** neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
** nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃɔ.ɾi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃɔ.ɾi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃɔ.ɾe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃɔ.ɾɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃɔ.ɾɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɔ.ɾɨ/
* Hyphenation: cho‧re

### Verb

chore
* inflection of chorar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative