False Friends in Slavic Languages
Bulgarian ‘хор’
The database knows following meanings of the Bulgarian word ‘хор’:
- choir
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Bulgarian ‘хор’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Bosnian, Czech, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
- is a true friend in Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Croatian, Kashubian and Polish.
- The Bulgarian meaning ‘choir’ is shared by Belarusian хор, Croatian kor, Kashubian chur, Polish chór, Russian хор, Lower Sorbian chor, Upper Sorbian chór and Ukrainian хор.
- The meaning ‘choir architecture’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘хор’) is attested in Belarusian хоры, Czech chór, Kashubian chur, Polish chór, Russian хоры, Slovak chór, Slovenian kor and Ukrainian хори.
- The meaning ‘corps’ (not present in Bulgarian ‘хор’) is attested in Bosnian kor, Croatian kor and Serbian кор.
NB: No information yet for Macedonian.
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Semasiological Map for kor
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Meanings:  ‘choir’ ‘choir architecture’ ‘corps’ no such word no information yet
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| Meanings | choir | choir architecture | corps |