chore
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chore¹
- /t͡ʃɔː/ UK
- /t͡ʃoɹ/ US
- /t͡ʃo(ː)ɹ/
- /t͡ʃoə/
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From earlier char, from Middle English charr, charre, cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, business”), from Old English ċerr, ċierr (“a turn”), from ċierran (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”).
Cognate with Dutch keer (“time; turn; occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn; bend; wind; back-flip; u-turn”). Also related to Saterland Frisian kiere, käire (“to turn”), Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (“to turn”) (German kehren (“to turn”), Dutch keren (“to turn”)). See also char.
noun chores
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A task, especially a regularly needed task for the upkeep of a home or similar, such as housecleaning or preparing meals.
Before we moved in together, my partner and I divided up the chores: he cooks and vacuums, and I do the dishes and laundry.
Similar: domesticity
- A task that is difficult, unpleasant, or tediously routine. I used to enjoy being self-employed, but it's become a bit of a chore recently.
verb chores · choring · chored
- To do chores. Somewhere there must be an outfit that needed a wrangler on the home place, a helper to bring in the cavy for the cowboys and chore around for the cook.
chore²
- /t͡ʃɔː/ UK
- /t͡ʃɔɹ/ US
- /t͡ʃo(ː)ɹ/
- /t͡ʃoə/
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Possibly derived from Romani ćor (“thief”), see also Geordie word chor.
chore³
noun chores
- A choir or chorus. On every wall, and sung where e'er I walk. I number these, as being of the chore
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: job, task, drudgery, duty, stint, detail, trouble, grind, drag, fiddle, char, scutwork, drudging, scut work, bitchwork, scut
Translations
Every language
noun a difficult, unpleasant, or routine task
| Español | mandado, tarea, faena |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 가사 gasa, 허드렛일 heodeuresil |
| 日本語 | 雑用 zatsuyō, 家事 kaji, 雑務 zatsumu |
| 中文 | 家務 /家务 jiāwù, 家事 jiāshì, 苦差事 kǔchāishi |
| Português | tarefa, porre |
| Français | corvée, tâche |
| Deutsch | leidige Aufgabe, lästige Pflicht, Hausarbeit (homework), häusliche Arbeit |
| Italiano | corvè |
| Ελληνικά | αγγαρεία angareía |
| Română | muncă casnică |
| Русский | рути́нная рабо́та rutínnaja rabóta, дома́шняя рабо́та domášnjaja rabóta, неприя́тная рабо́та neprijátnaja rabóta, обя́занность objázannostʹ |
| العربية | عَمَلٌ رُوتِينِيّ ʕamalun rūtīniyy |
| עברית | מַטָּלָה matalá |
Talk about this word "chore." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chore. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. chore. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chore "chore." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chore.Cite this
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title = {chore},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chore},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
