-chore
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χωρέω (khōréō, “I move, spread”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɔː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɔɹ/
- Homophones: core, corps; caw (non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
Suffix
-chore
- An organism that spreads by a specified agent, or in a specified manner.
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_words_suffixed_with_-chore' title='Category:English words suffixed with -chore'>English words suffixed with -chore</a>
- autochore
- barochore
- biochore
- bryochore
- dendrochore
- endozoochore
- hydrochore
- isocore
- kinetochore
- myrmecochore
- ornithochore
- poëchore
- xerochore
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