corde

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See also: cordé

French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French corde, from Old French corde, borrowed from Latin chorda (gut), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, string of gut, cord).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔʁd/
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Noun

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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

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Verb

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corde

  1. inflection of corder:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Interlingua

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Noun

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corde (plural cordes)

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

Italian

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Noun

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corde f pl

  1. plural of corda

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Latin

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Noun

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corde

  1. ablative singular of cor

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔrd(ə)/, /ˈkɔːrd(ə)/

Noun

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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

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  • English: cord; chord (influenced by Latin spelling)
  • Scots: cord

References

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French corde.

Noun

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corde f (plural cordes)

  1. rope

Descendants

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Norman

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Etymology

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

Noun

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corde f (plural cordes)

  1. (Jersey) string, rope, line

Derived terms

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Old French

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. rope

Descendants

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Tarantino

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Etymology

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Compare Italian corda.

Noun

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corde

  1. rope