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noun, masculine

chœur

/kœʁ/

noun, masculine/kœʁ/plural: chœurs

chorus; choir (company of people who are trained to sing together); quire (the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse)

en chœurin chorus, in unison

Inherited from Middle French cuer, quer, a semi-learned adaptation or borrowing (from different stages in time) from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós). Doublet of chorus.