choral

See also: Choral, chorál, and chorał

English

Etymology 1

From Late Latin choralis, from Latin chorus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: kôʹrəl, IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːɹəl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: kôrʹəl, IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl

Adjective

choral (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus.

   Palestrina wrote choral music for the Catholic church.

Derived terms

• choralist
• choralize
• chorally
• choralography
• choral scholar
• nonchoral
• polychoral
• semichoral
• unchoral
• vicar choral
• vicar-choral

Translations

of or relating to a choir or chorus

• Belarusian: харавы́ (xaravý)
• Catalan: coral (ca)
• Finnish: kuoro-
• French: choral (fr)
• Galician: coral (gl)
• Greek: χορικός (el) (chorikós)
• Italian: corale (it)
• Manx: cochiaullee
• Polish: chóralny (pl)
• Portuguese: coral (pt)
• Romanian: coral (ro)
• Russian: хоровой (ru) (xorovoj)
• Spanish: coral (es)
• Turkish: korosal
• Ukrainian: хорови́й (xorovýj)

Etymology 2

See chorale. Hence, cognate with etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: kŏ-rälʹ, IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɹɑːl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːl

Noun

choral (plural chorals)

1. Alternative form of chorale.

Translations

chorale — see chorale

Anagrams

• lorcha, orchal

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin choralis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁal/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Adjective

choral (feminine chorale, masculine plural choraux, feminine plural chorales)

1. choral

   une œuvre chorale ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   le chant choral ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

• chœur
• choriste

Noun

choral m (plural chorals)

1. chorale

Further reading

• “choral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012