chorus

1 any utterance produced simultaneously by a group; "a chorus of boos"

2 a group of people assembled to sing together

3 the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers [syn: refrain]

4 a body of dancers or singers who perform together [syn: chorus line]

5 a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play [syn: Greek chorus]

1 utter in unison; "`yes,' the children chorused"

2 sing in a choir [syn: choir]

English

Etymology

From Latin chorus, from (choros).

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɔːɹəs/

• Rhymes: -ɔːrəs

Noun

1. A group of singers and dancers in the religious festivals of ancient Greece
2. A group of people in a play or performance who recite together.
3. A group of singers; singing group who perform together.
4. A repeated part of a song, also called the refrain.
5. A setting or feature in electronic music that makes one voice sound like many.

Translations

• Bosnian: hor (1,2)
• Dutch: refrein , chorus
• Finnish: kuoro (1,2), kertosäe (3)
• French: chœur
• German: Chor (1, 2, 3), Refrain (4), Chorus (5)
• Hebrew: מקהלה (maqhela) (2)
• Italian: coro
• Japanese: 合唱
• Latin: chorus
• Portuguese: coro (1, 2) , refrão (3)
• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: хор (1,2)

  Latin: hor (1,2)

• Slovene: zbor (1,2,3), refren (4)
• Spanish: coro , estribillo (3)

Verb

1. To echo a particular sentiment.

Related terms

• choir
• choral

Latin

Etymology

Greek χορός, a group of actors who recite and sing together.

Noun

chorus , genitive chori

1. chorus (see English definitions)

Chorus may refer to:

Musical

• choir, a vocal ensemble, ex: Brooklyn Youth Chorus (www.brooklynyouthchorus.org)
• Greek chorus
• refrain or chorus of a song, pre-chorus may refer to bridge (music)
• strophic form or chorus form, in music arrangement
• chorus effect, the perception of similar sounds from multiple sources as a single, richer sound; signal processors design to simulate the effect
• Angel's chorus, an architectural feature for housing a choir.

Entertainment

• Chorus, a Japanese comic magazine.
• Chorus (Erasure album), an album by English musical duo Erasure.
• Chorus (Erasure song), a single from above mentioned album.

Companies and products

• Chorus Communications, a telecommunications company in Ireland
• Chorus Motors, a subsidiary of Borealis Exploration Ltd...
• Campagnolo, a company that makes a racing bicycle groupset called "Chorus"
• Hyundai Chorus, a minibus built by Hyundai Motor Company..
• Chorus, the network infrastructure division of Telecom New Zealand

Other

• ChorusOS, a computer operating system
• Chorus (genus) a genus of marine gastropods.
• The CHORUS Coordination Action, a project funded 2007-2009 by the European Commission to study multi-medial information access.

See also

• Corus

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