-chore
See also: chore, Chore, chóre, and Chöre
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χωρέω (khōréō, “I move, spread”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɔː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /koɹ/[1]
- 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
English terms suffixed with -chore
- anemochore
- autochore
- barochore
- biochore
- bryochore
- dendrochore
- endozoochore
- hydrochore
- isochore
- kinetochore
- myrmecochore
- ornithochore
- poëchore
- xerochore
References
- See e.g. “anemochore”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. /əˈnɛm əˌkɔr, -ˌkoʊr/ (ending homophonous with core), “anemochore”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary ‹əˈneməˌkō(ə)r› (ending in /oʊ(ə)ɹ/, as compared to the [oɚ] of core), “anemochore”, in Collins English Dictionary. /əˈneməˌkɔr, -ˌkour/
Anagrams
- Roche, ocher, ochre, roche