chaire
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
chaire (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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited 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]
Noun[edit]
chaire f (plural chaires)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “chaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
chaire
- Alternative form of chayer
Middle French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French chaiere, from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra).
Noun[edit]
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.
Descendants[edit]
Old Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chaire
- Lenited form of caire.
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