chaire
English
Noun
chaire (plural chaires)
- Obsolete spelling of chair
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “[Apophthegm 213]”, in Apophthegmes New and Old. […], London: […] Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, […], OCLC 771110810, page 234:
- [T]he poſture of the Confeſſant and the Prieſt in Confeſsion: which is, that the Confeſſant kneeles downe before the Prieſt ſitting in a raiſed chaire aboue him.
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French
Etymology
From Middle French chaire, from Old French chaiere, chaere, inherited from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra). Doublet of cathèdre and chaise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɛʁ/
Audio (file) - Homophones: chair, chaires, chairs, cher, chers, chère, chères, cherres
Noun
chaire f (plural chaires)
- pulpit
- rostrum
- chair (of university)
- throne (of the pope)
Related terms
- chaise
Further reading
- “chaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- cahier, chiera
Middle English
Noun
chaire
- Alternative form of chayer
Middle French
Alternative forms
- chaere
Etymology
From Old French chaiere, from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra).
Noun
chaire f (plural chaires)
- chair (item of furniture)
- 1552, François Rabelais, Le Tiers Livre:
- Apportez moy a ce bout de table une chaire.
- Bring me a chair to the end of this table.
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Descendants
- French: chaire, chaise
- → Alemannic German: Scheese
- → English: chaise
- ⇒ English: shay (archaic)
- Louisiana Creole French: lashèz, lashèj, shèj, shèz
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxarʲe/
Noun
chaire
- Lenited form of caire.