chaire
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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, 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.
Etymology
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
Noun
chaire f (plural chaires)
Related terms
Further reading
- “chaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Noun
chaire
- Alternative form of chayer
Alternative forms
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.
Descendants
Pronunciation
Noun
chaire
- Lenited form of caire.
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