chaire
English
editNoun
editchaire (plural chaires)
- Obsolete spelling of chair.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “[Apophthegm 213]”, in Apophthegmes New and Old. […], London: […] Hanna Barret, and Richard Whittaker, […], →OCLC, 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.
French
editEtymology
editInherited 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
edit- IPA(key): /ʃɛʁ/
Audio: (file) - Homophones: chair, chaires, chairs, cher, chers, chère, chères, cherres
Noun
editchaire f (plural chaires)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “chaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editNoun
editchaire
- Alternative form of chayer
Middle French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French chaiere, from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra).
Noun
editchaire 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.
Descendants
editOld Irish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editchaire
- Lenited form of caire.
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