chore

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Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: chô, IPA: /tʃɔː/
• (America) enPR: chôr, IPA: /tʃɔɹ/
• (rhotic, horse-hoarse) enPR: chōr, IPA: /tʃo(ː)ɹ/
• (nonrhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /tʃoə/

Noun

chore (plural chores)

1. A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.

   Washing dishes is a chore, but we cannot just stop eating.

Translations

• French: corvée, tâche
• German: leidige Aufgabe, lästige Pflicht, Hausarbeit (homework)
• Italian: corvè
• Portuguese: tarefa
• Russian: рути́нная рабо́та
• Spanish: mandado, quehacer, tarea

Verb

chore (chores, present participle choring; past and past participle chored)

1. (US, dated) To do chores.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: chô, IPA: /tʃɔː/
• (rhotic, horse-hoarse) enPR: chōr, IPA: /tʃo(ː)ɹ/
• (nonrhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /tʃoə/

Verb

chore (chores, present participle choring; past and past participle chored)

1. (British, informal) To steal.

Synonyms

• steal (standard English)
• thieve (standard English)
• twoc (Geordie)

Noun

chore (plural chores)

1. (obsolete) A choir or chorus.

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