chori
/ˈkɔɹaɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Of their music we have equally amazing records, as it was heard in the dramatic chori and the compositions of their old Troubadours and Improvisatori—the Lyric Poets;"
- "Other foreign terms have become so thoroughly Anglicised as to adopt English plurals, and it is sometimes difficult to decide whether the English or the original foreign form is the more correct. None but a pedant would speak of ‘the chori of an opera,’ ‘the croci in a garden,’ or ‘the dogmata of the church;’ […]"
- "The solo follows the chorus' pattern. It's practically the same thing, more of a semi-bridge than a solo. Apply these progressions to all chori and verses and that should do it."
- "Panacea, with Alex's softest strumming outside of Rivendell and Geddy's first of many nervous recordings singing about love (and he's still at it, listen to Nobody's Hero) is really nice sounding but it almost sounds as if Rush dosen't^([sic]) MEAN IT... until the bridge sections before the chori "Yet I know... I MUST be gone... beFORE the light... of dawn!" and "My heart... will lie... beside you, and my wandering.. body grieves" are much better done than the rest of it. This is a song that needs JUST a little bit more conviction to make it work."
- "I have several chori and have tried many different brands/models in my search for the "ultimate tone.""
- "Our District (Evergreen) has established the number ofquartets^([sic]) and chori that will qualify (read _compete_) at the district level, largely because those district contests take up so much time at the district Convention. […] I have another question--what's with a division contest in late August? Being from Evergreen, where we have division contests in April (sometimes May) that allow both quartets and chori to qualify for the October District contest, which allows us to selelct^([sic]) a chorus to go to International, I wonder what's happening?"
Etymology
From Latin chorī, from Ancient Greek χοροί (khoroí).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: chorī, χοροί
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɔɹaɪ/
- British English: /ˈkɔːɹaɪ/