corde
See also: cordé
French
Alternative forms
- chorde (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French corde, from Old French corde, borrowed from Latin chorda (“gut”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, cord”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔʁd/
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Noun
corde f (plural cordes)
Derived terms
- à fleur de corde
- cordage
- corde à sauter
- corde raide
- corde vocale
- cordelette
- corder
- cordeau
- cordelet
- cordon
- tenir la corde
- tirer sur la corde
- tomber des cordes
- toucher la corde sensible
Verb
corde
Further reading
- “corde” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Latin
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδά (khordá), χορδή (khordḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔrd(ə)/, /ˈkɔːrd(ə)/
Noun
corde (plural cordes)
- A long, thick length of fibre (often intertwined):
- One of the strings of a string instrument.
- A sinew or the muscular material one is made out of.
- A division of inherited property or goods.
- (rare) A nerve; a cable of bundled neurons.
- (rare) A method to torment captives using a cord.
- (rare) A whip made of multiple cords.
References
- “cō̆rde (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French corde.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French corde, borrowed from Latin chorda (“gut”).
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ).
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