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)
- rope (general)
- (geometry) chord
- (music) chord (of a string instrument)
- chord (vocal chord)
- line (washing line, for hanging clothes to dry)
Derived terms
- à fleur de corde
- avoir plus d'une corde à son arc
- cordage
- corde à linge
- corde à sauter
- cordeau
- cordelet
- cordelette
- corder
- corde raide
- corde vocale
- cordon
- de sac et de corde
- échelle de corde
- instrument à cordes
- parler de corde dans la maison d'un pendu
- pleuvoir des cordes
- saut à la corde
- sauter à la corde
- tenir la corde
- tirer sur la corde
- tomber des cordes
- toucher la corde sensible
- usé jusqu'à la corde
Verb
corde
- inflection of corder:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “corde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- coder
- crédo
- décor
Interlingua
Noun
corde (plural cordes)
- (anatomy) heart
- (figuratively) heart
- hearts (a suit of cards, ♥)
Italian
Noun
corde f pl
- plural of corda
Anagrams
- cedro, cedrò, credo, crode
Latin
Noun
corde
- ablative singular of cor
Middle English
Alternative forms
- cord, coord
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.
Descendants
- English: cord; chord (influenced by Latin spelling)
- Scots: cord
References
- “cō̆rde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French corde.
Noun
corde f (plural cordes)
- rope
Descendants
- French: corde
Norman
Etymology
From Old French corde, borrowed from Latin chorda (“gut”).
Noun
corde f (plural cordes)
- (Jersey) string, rope, line
Derived terms
- corde à lînge (“clothesline”)
- cordgi (“ropemaker”)
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ).
Noun
corde f (oblique plural cordes, nominative singular corde, nominative plural cordes)
- rope
Descendants
- Middle French: corde
- French: corde
- Norman: corde (Jersey)
- Walloon: coide
- → Middle Dutch: corde, coorde
- Dutch: koord
- → Middle English: corde, cord, coord
- English: cord; chord (influenced by Latin spelling)
- Scots: cord
Tarantino
Etymology
Compare Italian corda.
Noun
corde
- rope