cord

English

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An electrical cord.

Cord consisting of twisted fiber.

Etymology

From Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek (Doric) χορδά (khorda), Ionic χορδή (khorde, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔː(ɹ)d/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
• Homophones: chord, cored, cawed (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

cord (plural cords)

1. A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber (rope, for example); (uncountable) such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.

   The burglar tied up the victim with a cord.

   He looped some cord around his fingers.

2. A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
3. A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 x 4 x 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.
4. (in plural cords) See cords.
5. Common misspelling of chord: a cross-section measurement of an aircraft wing.
6. (figuratively) This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     Every detail of the house and garden was familiar; a thousand cords of memory and affection drew him thither; but a stronger counter-motive prevailed.

Synonyms

• (length of twisted strands): cable, twine
• (wires surrounded by an insulating coating, used to supply electricity): cable, flex
• See also Wikisaurus:string

Derived terms

• extension cord, power cord, vocal cords
• spinal cord, umbilical cord

Translations

length of twisted strands

• Aromanian: coardã (rup) f
• Bulgarian: връв (bg) (vrǎv) m, канап (bg) (kanap) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 繩 (cmn), 绳 (cmn) (shéng), 繩子 (cmn), 绳子 (cmn) (shéngzi)

• Crimean Tatar: şnur
• Czech: provaz (cs) m, šňůra (cs) f
• Dalmatian: canapial f
• Dutch: touw (nl) n, koord (nl) f, zeel (nl) n
• Finnish: naru (fi)
• French: corde (fr) f
• German: Schnur (de) f, Kordel (de) f

• Hungarian: zsinór (hu), fonal (hu)
• Japanese: 縄 (ja) (なわ, nawa)
• Latvian: virve (lv) f
• Norwegian: tau (no) n
• Portuguese: corda (pt) f
• Romanian: cordon (ro), coardă (ro) f
• Russian: верёвка (ru) (verjóvka) f, шнур (ru) (šnur) m
• Scottish Gaelic: teud (gd) m
• Spanish: cuerda (es) f, cable (es) m, hilo (es) m, cordón (es) m
• Zulu: intambo (zu) 9/10

wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity

• Bulgarian: кабел (bg) (kábel) m, шнур (bg) (šnur) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 線 (cmn), 线 (cmn) (xiàn)

• Czech: šňůra (cs) f
• Dutch: kabel (nl) n
• Finnish: johto (fi), piuha (fi)
• Georgian: თოკი (ka) (toki)
• German: Kabel (de) n
• Japanese: 線 (ja) (せん, sen), コード (ja) (kōdo)

• Norwegian: ledning (no) m and f
• Portuguese: cabo (pt) m
• Romanian: cordon (ro) n, cablu (ro) n
• Russian: кабель (ru) (kábelʹ) m, шнур (ru) (šnur) m, провод (ru) (próvod) m
• Scottish Gaelic: teud-dealain (gd) m
• Spanish: cable (es) m
• Swedish: sladd (sv), ledning (sv), kabel (sv), tråd (sv)

unit of measurement for firewood

• Polish: sąg (pl) m

• Swedish: famn (sv)

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Verb

cord (third-person singular simple present cords, present participle cording, simple past and past participle corded)

1. To furnish with cords
2. To tie or fasten with cords
3. To flatten a book during binding
4. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cor, cordis.

Noun

cord m (plural corduri)

1. (anatomy) heart

Declension

declension of cord

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un cord	cordul	niște corduri	cordurile
genitive/dative	unui cord	cordului	unor corduri	cordurilor

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