chorus

Etymology
The is borrowed from, , from ; further etymology uncertain, perhaps from  or. .

The form  is from, from.

The is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1) A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.
 * 2) A song performed by the singers of such a group.
 * 3)  An actor who reads the prologue and epilogue of a play, and sometimes also acts as a commentator or narrator; also, a portion of a play read by this actor.
 * 4) A group of singers performing together; a choir; specifically, such a group singing together in a musical, an opera, etc., as distinct from the soloists; an ensemble.
 * 5)  A group of people in a performance who recite together.
 * 6) An instance of singing by a group of people.
 * 7) A group of people, animals, or inanimate objects who make sounds together.
 * 8) The noise or sound made by such a group.
 * 9) A group of people who express a unanimous opinion.
 * 10) The opinion expressed by such a group.
 * 11) A piece of music, especially one in a larger work such as an opera, written to be sung by a choir in parts (for example, by sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).
 * 12) A part of a song which is repeated between verses to emphasize the song's content; a refrain.
 * 13) The main part of a pop song played after the introduction.
 * 14) A group of organ pipes or organ stops intended to be played simultaneously; a compound stop; also, the sound made by such pipes or stops.
 * 15)  A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.
 * 16)  A simple, often repetitive, song intended to be sung in a group during informal worship.
 * 17)  The improvised solo section in a small group performance.
 * 1) The noise or sound made by such a group.
 * 2) A group of people who express a unanimous opinion.
 * 3) The opinion expressed by such a group.
 * 4) A piece of music, especially one in a larger work such as an opera, written to be sung by a choir in parts (for example, by sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).
 * 5) A part of a song which is repeated between verses to emphasize the song's content; a refrain.
 * 6) The main part of a pop song played after the introduction.
 * 7) A group of organ pipes or organ stops intended to be played simultaneously; a compound stop; also, the sound made by such pipes or stops.
 * 8)  A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.
 * 9)  A simple, often repetitive, song intended to be sung in a group during informal worship.
 * 10)  The improvised solo section in a small group performance.
 * 1) The opinion expressed by such a group.
 * 2) A piece of music, especially one in a larger work such as an opera, written to be sung by a choir in parts (for example, by sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses).
 * 3) A part of a song which is repeated between verses to emphasize the song's content; a refrain.
 * 4) The main part of a pop song played after the introduction.
 * 5) A group of organ pipes or organ stops intended to be played simultaneously; a compound stop; also, the sound made by such pipes or stops.
 * 6)  A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.
 * 7)  A simple, often repetitive, song intended to be sung in a group during informal worship.
 * 8)  The improvised solo section in a small group performance.
 * 1) The main part of a pop song played after the introduction.
 * 2) A group of organ pipes or organ stops intended to be played simultaneously; a compound stop; also, the sound made by such pipes or stops.
 * 3)  A feature or setting in electronic music that makes one instrument sound like many.
 * 4)  A simple, often repetitive, song intended to be sung in a group during informal worship.
 * 5)  The improvised solo section in a small group performance.

Translations

 * Arabic: كَوْرَس, كُورَس
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: chœur antique,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: χορός
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 합창(合唱)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: chórus
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: kór
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: გუნდი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: χορός
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: cór
 * Japanese: 合唱隊
 * Manx: cochiaull
 * Maori: korihi
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: คายกคณะ, ลูกคู่, คณะประสานเสียง, คณะนักร้องประสานเสียง, นักร้องหมู่
 * Walloon: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: გუნდი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: χορός
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: لَازِمَة,
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: nəqərat
 * Belarusian: прыпе́ў, рэфрэ́н
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: refræn,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: rekantaĵo
 * Estonian: refrään
 * Faroese: niðurlag
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: რეფრენი, მისამღერი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: hui
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: қайырма
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:, 리프레인
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ອະນຸບົດ, ສອຽ
 * Latvian: refrēns
 * Lithuanian: priedainis, refrenas
 * Macedonian: рефре́н
 * Malay: korus
 * Maori: korihi
 * Norman: èrfrain
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, omkved
 * Nynorsk: refreng, omkvede
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sèist
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: рѐфре̄н, при́пев, при́пјев
 * Roman:, prípev,
 * Slovak: refrén
 * Slovene: refren
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: нақарот
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, рефре́н
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: chorus-efekti
 * German: Chorus
 * Polish: chórek


 * Hebrew: (2)
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: (1,2)
 * Roman: (1,2)
 * Slovene: (1,2,3),  (4)

Verb

 * 1) To sing (a song), express (a sentiment), or recite or say (words) in chorus.
 * 2) To express concurrence with (something said by another person); to echo.
 * 3)  To provide (a song) with a chorus or refrain.
 * 4) To sing the chorus or refrain of a song.
 * 5) * 1785,, The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D, Wednesday, 8th September, 1773,
 * Malcolm sung an Erse song, the chorus of which was 'Hatyin foam foam eri', with words of his own. the boatmen and Mr M’Queen chorused, and all went well.
 * 1) To sing, express, or say in, or as if in, unison.
 * 2) To echo in unison another person's words.
 * 3) Of animals: to make cries or sounds together.
 * 4) * 1998,, The Path to the Spiders' Nests, translated by Archibald Colquhoun, revised by , Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1998, Chapter Two, p. 51,
 * The hens are now sleeping in rows on their perches in the coops, and the frogs are out of the water and chorusing away along the bed of the whole torrent, from source to mouth.
 * 1) To express concurrence with (something said by another person); to echo.
 * 2)  To provide (a song) with a chorus or refrain.
 * 3) To sing the chorus or refrain of a song.
 * 4) * 1785,, The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D, Wednesday, 8th September, 1773,
 * Malcolm sung an Erse song, the chorus of which was 'Hatyin foam foam eri', with words of his own. the boatmen and Mr M’Queen chorused, and all went well.
 * 1) To sing, express, or say in, or as if in, unison.
 * 2) To echo in unison another person's words.
 * 3) Of animals: to make cries or sounds together.
 * 4) * 1998,, The Path to the Spiders' Nests, translated by Archibald Colquhoun, revised by , Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1998, Chapter Two, p. 51,
 * The hens are now sleeping in rows on their perches in the coops, and the frogs are out of the water and chorusing away along the bed of the whole torrent, from source to mouth.
 * 1) To sing, express, or say in, or as if in, unison.
 * 2) To echo in unison another person's words.
 * 3) Of animals: to make cries or sounds together.
 * 4) * 1998,, The Path to the Spiders' Nests, translated by Archibald Colquhoun, revised by , Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1998, Chapter Two, p. 51,
 * The hens are now sleeping in rows on their perches in the coops, and the frogs are out of the water and chorusing away along the bed of the whole torrent, from source to mouth.
 * 1) To echo in unison another person's words.
 * 2) Of animals: to make cries or sounds together.
 * 3) * 1998,, The Path to the Spiders' Nests, translated by Archibald Colquhoun, revised by , Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1998, Chapter Two, p. 51,
 * The hens are now sleeping in rows on their perches in the coops, and the frogs are out of the water and chorusing away along the bed of the whole torrent, from source to mouth.
 * 1) Of animals: to make cries or sounds together.
 * 2) * 1998,, The Path to the Spiders' Nests, translated by Archibald Colquhoun, revised by , Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1998, Chapter Two, p. 51,
 * The hens are now sleeping in rows on their perches in the coops, and the frogs are out of the water and chorusing away along the bed of the whole torrent, from source to mouth.
 * The hens are now sleeping in rows on their perches in the coops, and the frogs are out of the water and chorusing away along the bed of the whole torrent, from source to mouth.

Translations

 * Maori: kamu
 * Spanish:

Etymology
, itself a borrowing from. .

Noun

 * 1)  refrain of a song
 * 2)  improvisation by a soloist for part of all of a theme
 * 3)  an audio effect used on the electric guitar to give the impression that multiple musical instruments are playing at the same time
 * 1)  improvisation by a soloist for part of all of a theme
 * 2)  an audio effect used on the electric guitar to give the impression that multiple musical instruments are playing at the same time
 * 1)  an audio effect used on the electric guitar to give the impression that multiple musical instruments are playing at the same time

Usage notes
Used almost exclusively in the phrase.

Etymology
From, a group of actors who recite and sing together.

Noun

 * 1) chorus (all forms); a performance with dancing and singing; a troop or band of dancers and singers; performers

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   effect produced by mixing a signal with delayed and modulated copies of itself