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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cho•ral /ˈkɔrəl/USA pronunciation adj. [before a noun]- Music and Danceof a chorus or a choir:a choral hymn.
See -chor-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cho•ral (adj. kôr′əl, kōr′-;n. kə ral′, kô-, kō-, kôr′əl, kōr′-),USA pronunciation adj. - Music and Danceof a chorus or a choir:She heads our new choral society.
- Music and Dancesung by, adapted for, or containing a chorus or a choir.
n. - Music and Dancechorale.
- Medieval Latin chorālis, equivalent. to chor(us) chorus + -ālis -al1
- 1580–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: choral adj /ˈkɔːrəl/- relating to, sung by, or designed for a chorus or choir
n /kɒˈrɑːl/- a variant spelling of chorale
ˈchorally adv cho•rale (kə ral′, -räl′, kô-, kō-; kôr′əl, kōr′-),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancea hymn, esp. one with strong harmonization:a Bach chorale.
- Music and Dancea group of singers specializing in singing church music;
choir.
- German Choral, short for Choralgesang, translation of Latin cantus chorālis choral singing; see choral
- 1835–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: chorale, choral /kɒˈrɑːl/ n - a slow stately hymn tune, esp of the Lutheran Church
- chiefly US a choir or chorus
Etymology: 19th Century: from German Choralgesang, translation of Latin cantus chorālis choral song |