corde

See also: cordé

French

Alternative forms

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)

  1. rope (general)
  2. (geometry) chord
  3. (music) chord (of a string instrument)
  4. chord (vocal chord)
  5. line (washing line, for hanging clothes to dry)

Derived terms

Verb

corde

  1. first-person singular present indicative of corder
  2. third-person singular present indicative of corder
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of corder
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of corder
  5. second-person singular imperative of corder

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Anagrams


Interlingua

Noun

corde (plural cordes)

  1. (anatomy) heart
  2. (figuratively) heart
  3. hearts (a suit of cards, )

Italian

Noun

corde f pl

  1. plural of corda

Anagrams


Latin

Noun

corde

  1. ablative singular of cor

Middle English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. A long, thick length of fibre (often intertwined):
  2. One of the strings of a string instrument.
  3. A sinew or the muscular material one is made out of.
  4. A division of inherited property or goods.
  5. (rare) A nerve; a cable of bundled neurons.
  6. (rare) A method to torment captives using a cord.
  7. (rare) A whip made of multiple cords.

Descendants

References


Middle French

Etymology

From Old French corde.

Noun

corde f (plural cordes)

  1. rope

Descendants


Norman

Etymology

From Old French corde, borrowed from Latin chorda (gut).

Noun

corde f (plural cordes)

  1. (Jersey) string, rope, line

Derived terms


Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ).

Noun

corde f (oblique plural cordes, nominative singular corde, nominative plural cordes)

  1. rope

Descendants


Tarantino

Etymology

Compare Italian corda.

Noun

corde

  1. rope
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