choriste

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin chorista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁist/

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Noun

choriste m or f by sense (plural choristes)

1. chorister
2. member of the chorus (operatic)

Related terms

• chœur
• choral

Descendants

• → Romanian: corist

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Verb

choriste

1. second-person singular preterite indicative of chorir