horde

See also Horde, and hörde

English

WOTD - 6 August 2007    

Etymology

Recorded in English since 1555. From Middle French horde, from German Horde, from Polish horda, from Russian орда (ordá), which may come directly from Mongol or from West Turkic (compare Tatar urda, 'horde', Turkish ordu, 'camp, army'), from Mongolian orda, ordu, 'court, camp, horde'; akin to Kalmuk orda.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: hôd, IPA: /hɔːd/, SAMPA: /hO:d/
• (US) enPR: hōrd, IPA: /hoʊrd/, /hɔːrd/, SAMPA: /hoUrd/, /hO:rd/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)d
• Homophones: hoard, whored

Noun

horde (plural hordes)

1. 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.
2. A large number of people.

   We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.

Derived terms

• hordelike
• yellow horde

Translations

wandering troop or gang

Bosnian: horda (bs) f. Croatian: horda (hr) f. Danish: horde (da) c. Dutch: horde (cfr. infra) Finnish: orda (fi) French: horde f. German: Horde (de) f. Greek: ορδή (el) (orðí) f. Indonesian: gerombolan (id) Norwegian: horde (no) m.

Polish: horda (pl) f. Russian: орда (ru) (ordá) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: хорда (sr) f. Roman: horda (sr) f. Spanish: horda (es) f. Swedish: hord (sv) c. Tatar: urda Turkish: ordu (tr) Volapük: nomadatrup (vo)

a large number of people

Bosnian: horda (bs) f. Croatian: horda (hr) f., rulja (hr) f. Danish: horde (da) c. Dutch: horde (nl) Finnish: lauma (fi), ihmislauma (fi) French: horde (fr) f.

German: Horde (de) f. Greek: ορδή (el) (orðí) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: хорда (sr) f. Roman: horda (sr) f.

Anagrams

• Herod
• Rhode

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Danish

Etymology

From German Horde.

Noun

horde c. (singular definite horden, plural indefinite horder)

1. horde

Inflection

    Inflection of horde

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	horde	horden	horder	horderne
genitive	hordes	hordens	horders	hordernes

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Dutch

Etymology 1

Noun

horde f., sometimes m. (plural horden or hordes)

1. A horde
2. A troop of boy scouts, comprising no more than 24 cubs

Etymology 2

Noun

horde f., sometimes m. (plural horden)

1. A gross sieve
2. A hurdle

Derived terms

• hordeloop (hurdle-race)

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

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French

Noun

horde f. (plural hordes)

1. A horde

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Norwegian

Noun

horde m. (definite singular horden; indefinite plural horder; definite plural hordene)

1. A horde