Chore

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: chô, IPA: /tʃɔː/
• US enPR: chôr, IPA: /tʃoÊŠr/, IPA: /tʃɔːr/
• US IPA: /koÊŠr/, /koÊŠÉ™/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

From Middle English 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 Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran ("") (German kehren ("to turn")). See also char.

Full definition of chore

Noun

1. A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.Washing dishes is a chore, but we can't just stop eating.

Verb

1. (US, dated) To do chores.

Possibly derived from the Romani word chōr ("thief"), see also Geordie word chor.

Alternative forms

• chor Geordie

Verb

1. (British, informal) To steal.

Synonyms

• steal standard English
• thieve standard English
• twoc Geordie

Noun

1. (obsolete) A choir or chorus.

Anagrams

• ocher, ochre