different between croon vs choir

English

Etymology

From Middle Dutch kronen (“to groan, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *kre-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?u?n/
• Rhymes: -u?n

Verb

croon (third-person singular simple present croons, present participle crooning, simple past and past participle crooned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner.

   • hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise

2. (transitive, intransitive) To say softly or gently
   • 2020, Sydney Ember, Sanders drives himself to the polls., New York Times:

     "Nice seeing you both," a woman at the check-in said. "Hey, I love you," another crooned.

3. (transitive) To soothe by singing softly.

   • The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep.

4. (Scotland) To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)

Derived terms

• crooner

Translations

Noun

croon (plural croons)

1. A soft or sentimental hum or song.

Translations

Anagrams

• Conor, Norco, corno, r'coon

English

Alternative forms

• quire (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek ????? (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Modern spelling influenced by chorus and Modern French chœur. Doublet of chorus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kwa??(?)/
• Rhymes: -a??(r)
• (US) IPA^(key): /kwa??/
• Rhymes: -a??
• Homophone: quire

Noun

choir (plural choirs)

1. Singing group; group of people who sing together; company of people who are trained to sing together.

2. (architecture) The part of a church where the choir assembles for song.
3. (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.

4. Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.

Derived terms

• chorister
• Nikon choir

Related terms

• choral
• chorus
• quire

Translations

Verb

choir (third-person singular simple present choirs or quires, present participle choiring or quiring, simple past and past participle choired or quired)

1. (intransitive) To sing in concert.
   • 1859, The Presbyterian Magazine (volume 9, page 423)

Anagrams

• chiro, chiro-, chori, ichor

French

Etymology

From Middle French cheoir, from Old French cheoir, from Vulgar Latin *cad?re, from Latin cadere, present active infinitive of cad?, from Proto-Italic *kad?, from Proto-Indo-European *?h?d- (“to fall”). Compare Norman caeir, Franco-Provençal chêre, Occitan caire, Catalan caure, Italian cadere, Spanish caer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wa?/
• Rhymes: -wa?

Verb

choir (defective) (past participle chu)

1. (literary) to fall

   Synonym: tomber

Conjugation

This is a defective verb, only conjugated in certain tenses.

Derived terms

• chute
• déchoir
• échoir
• méchoir
• rechoir

Further reading

• “choir” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [x???]

Noun

choir m

1. Lenited form of coir.