chore

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.

Verb

To do chores.

Verb

To steal.

Sinonimi

task

job

assignment

work

char

errand

affair

business

duty

housework

matter

stint

odd job

labour

mission

office

🏢

operation

post

project

routine

toil

works

petty business

activity

small task

appointment

billet

blueprint

campaign

charge

commission

crusade

deed

effort

employ

enterprise

headache

labor

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/t͡ʃɔː/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From earlier char, from Middle English charr, charre, cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, business”), from Old English ċerr, ċierr (“a turn”), from ċierran (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”).
Cognate with Dutch keer (“time; turn; occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn; bend; wind; back-flip; u-turn”). Also related to Saterland Frisian kiere, käire (“to turn”), Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (“to turn”) (German kehren (“to turn”), Dutch keren (“to turn”)). See also char.