cordeau
English
Etymology
French cordeau
Noun
cordeau (countable and uncountable, plural cordeaux)
- (archaic) A detonating cord.
- 1960, Basil Timothy Fedoroff, Encyclopedia of Explosives and Related Items (volume 3, page 312)
- The middle section of cordeau is attached (by means of a string) to a narrow lead plate, […]
- 1960, Basil Timothy Fedoroff, Encyclopedia of Explosives and Related Items (volume 3, page 312)
French
Etymology
Mid-16th century, from Old French cordel, from corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔʁ.do/
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Noun
cordeau m (plural cordeaux)
- (usually thin or small) rope, string (used to mark a straight line)
- cord (long length of twisted strands of fibre)
- straight line
- Aligner une muraille au cordeau.
- To align a wall along a straight line.
- (fishing) line, fishing line
- (mining) fuse (cord that conveys fire to an explosive device)
Related terms
- corde
- cordelet
Further reading
- “cordeau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- couarde
- coudera
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [korˈde̯aw]
Verb
cordeau
- third-person plural imperfect indicative of cordi