corda
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan corda, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “rope, cord”).
Pronunciation
Related terms
- afluixar la corda
- anar fora de corda
- cap de corda
- cordabotes
- cordada
- corda de nusos
- corda dorsal
- corda fluixa
- cordal
- cordam
- cordar
- corda sensible
- cordat
- cordatge
- corda vocal
- cordell
- corder
- cordill
- corditis
- cordó
- cordòfon
- cordonada
- cordoner
- cordoneria
- cordonet
- donar corda
- estar a la corda
- estar amb la corda al coll
- estirar la corda
- instrument de corda
- joc de la corda
- saltar a corda
- tenir corda
- tibar la corda
- tocar la corda sensible
Expressions
- a casa d'un penjat no hi anomenis cordes
- tant s'estira la corda, que a la fi es trenca
Further reading
- “corda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “corda” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “corda” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “corda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Italian
Etymology
From Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek (Doric) χορδά (khordá), (Ionic) χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɔrda]
Noun
corda f (plural corde)
Derived terms
- corda per saltare
- corda vocale
Related terms
- cordatura f (“ropemaking”)
- capocorda
- cordaccia
- cordaio
- cordame
- cordata
- cordatrice
- cordella
- cordellina
- corderia
- cordicella
- cordicina
- cordina
- cordone
- incordare
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkor.da/, [ˈkɔr.da]
References
- corda in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- corda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- corda in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese

corda
Etymology
From Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek (Doric) χορδά (khordá), (Ionic) χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɾ.dɐ/
- (Paulista) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹ.da/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɻ.da/
- (Gaúcho) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɾ.da/
- (Carioca) IPA(key): /ˈkɔχ.dɐ/
- (Nordestino) IPA(key): /ˈkɔh.da/
Noun
corda f (plural cordas)
Derived terms
- (2) dar corda
Spanish
Usage notes
Only used in the construction estar a la corda, to navigate against a headwind.
Related terms
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