horde
English
Etymology
Recorded in English since 1555. From Middle French horde, from German Horde, from Polish horda, from Russian орда (orda, “horde", 'clan, troop'”), probably from Kipchak Turkic (compare Tatar урда (urda, “horde”)), from Proto-Turkic *or- (“army, place of staying of the army, ruler etc.”). Cognates include Turkish ordu (“camp, army”), Mongolian орд (ord, “court, castle, royal compound, camp, horde”) and Kalmyk орда (orda). Also Doublet of Urdu.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hôd, IPA(key): /hɔːd/
- (General American) enPR: hôrd, IPA(key): /hɔɹd/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: hōrd, IPA(key): /ho(ː)ɹd/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /hoəd/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
- Homophones: hoard, whored
Noun
horde (plural hordes)
- A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
- A large number of people or things.
- We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.
- 1907, Jack London, Before Adam, Chapter IV:
- It is true, the more progressive members of our horde lived in the caves above the river.
Derived terms
- Golden Horde
- hordelike
- horde mode
- hordesman
- primal horde
- yellow horde
Translations
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Verb
horde (third-person singular simple present hordes, present participle hording or hordeing, simple past and past participle horded)
- to travel en masse, to flock
- 1824, T. E., Oriental Wanderings, or the Fortunes of Felix. A romance, page 69:
- "What wouldst thou insinuate?" replied Elmuton, sarcastically; “has he not been watched, and secretly discovered hordeing with Christians?
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Usage notes
- Sometimes confused with hoard.
Anagrams
- Herod, Rhode, Rohde
Danish
Etymology
From German Horde.
Noun
horde c (singular definite horden, plural indefinite horder)
- horde
Inflection
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | horde | horden | horder | horderne |
genitive | hordes | hordens | horders | hordernes |
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦɔrdə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: hor‧de
- Rhymes: -ɔrdə
Noun
horde f (plural horden or hordes, diminutive hordetje n)
- A horde
- A troop of boy scouts, comprising no more than 24 cubs
Noun
horde f (plural horden, diminutive hordetje n)
- A gross sieve
- A hurdle
Derived terms
- hordeloop
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
French
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔʁd/
Audio (file)
Noun
horde f (plural hordes)
- a horde
Further reading
- “horde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Fula
Noun
horde nde
- (Pulaar) calabash
References
- M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.
Middle English
Noun
horde
- Alternative form of hord
Verb
horde
- Alternative form of horden
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Horde.
Noun
horde m (definite singular horden, indefinite plural horder, definite plural hordene)
- a horde
References
- “horde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Upper Sorbian
Adjective
horde
- inflection of hordy:
- neuter nominative/accusative singular
- nominative/accusative plural