chaire
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.