English → Latin
“choir” in Latin
apsisarch, vaultĪsidōrusa male given name, equivalent to English Isidore or Isadoreorīgōact, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination; event or process of being born, birth; origin, s
The English word choir itself goes back to Latin chorus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
choir
chorus canentium.
Part of a church, apsis ur absis, idis (Isidorus, Origines, 15, 18, 7, and Paulinus, Ep., 12, both of whom doubt whether it is absis, idis, or absida, ae, Freund’s Dictionary): statio canentium (place of the singers in the church).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for choir?
- The usual Latin words for “choir” are apsis, Īsidōrus, orīgō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.