German

Noun

Choral m ‎(genitive Chorals or Chorales, plural Choräle)

1. (hymn tune) chorale
   • 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband), Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, page 202:

     „Man erinnere sich der Szene, als beim Untergang der Titanic alle Frauen und Kinder in die Rettungsboote gesetzt wurden und die Männer gelassen beim Gesange des Chorals Nearer, my God, to Thee, in die Tiefe sanken!“

     Remember the scene when at the sinking of the Titanic all women and children were put into the lifeboats and the men calmy sank into the deep during the singing of the chorale Nearer, my God, to Thee!“

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: kôʹrəl, IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːɹəl/
• (US) enPR: kôrʹəl, IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl

Adjective

choral ‎(not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus.

   Palestrina wrote choral music for the Catholic church.

Translations

Etymology 2

See chorale. Hence, cognate with etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: kŏ-rälʹ, IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɹɑːl/
• Rhymes: -ɑːl

Noun

choral ‎(plural chorals)

1. Alternative form of chorale

Translations

French

Adjective

choral m ‎(feminine singular chorale, masculine plural choraux, feminine plural chorales)

1. choral

Related terms

• chœur

Noun

choral m ‎(plural choraux)

1. chorale