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