chaire

English

Noun

chaire (plural chaires)

1. 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

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

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛʁ/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: chair, chaires, chairs, cher, chers, chère, chères, cherres

Noun

chaire f (plural chaires)

1. pulpit
2. rostrum
3. chair (of university)
4. throne (of the pope)

Related terms

• chaise

Further reading

• “chaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• cahier, chiera

Middle English

Noun

chaire

1. Alternative form of chayer

Middle French

Alternative forms

• chaere

Etymology

From Old French chaiere, from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra).

Noun

chaire f (plural chaires)

1. 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

• French: chaire, chaise
  • → Alemannic German: Scheese
  • → English: chaise
    • ⇒ English: shay (archaic)
  • Louisiana Creole: lashèz, lashèj, shèj, shèz

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxarʲe/

Noun

chaire

1. Lenited form of caire.