ordi

See also: ordì, òrdi, and orði

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin hordeum. Compare Occitan òrdi, French orge, Italian orzo. First attested as early as the 9th century, it notably lacks affrication of /d/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔr.di]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɔɾ.ði]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ordi m (plural ordis)

1. barley

   Coordinate term: civada

Related terms

• orxata

References

• “ordi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ordi” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ordi” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “ordi”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

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French

Etymology

Clipping of ordinateur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.di/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: ordis

Noun

ordi m (plural ordis)

1. (informal) computer; comp, puter

   Mon ordi ne marche plus. ― My computer has stopped working.

1. (video games) CPU (character or entity controlled by the game software).

   Synonym: PNJ

Derived terms

• ordiphone

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ordin, from Latin ordo. Doublet of rodi, orde, order, ordo, and wardi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔrd̪i]
• Hyphenation: or‧di

Noun

ordi (plural ordi-ordi, first-person possessive ordiku, second-person possessive ordimu, third-person possessive ordinya)

1. order.

   Synonym: perintah

2. corvee.

   Synonym: kerja paksa

Alternative forms

• rodi
• wardi

Further reading

• “ordi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Adjective

ordi

1. masculine plural of ordo

Anagrams

• Rodi, diro, dirò, dori, idro-, rido, ridò, rodi

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ortē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈorːtiː/

Noun

ordi

1. edge

Inflection

Even i-stem, rd-rdd gradation
Nominative	ordi
Genitive	orddi orddẹ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ordi	orddit
Accusative	orddi	orddiid
Genitive	orddi orddẹ	orddiid
Illative	ordái	orddiide
Locative	orddis	orddiin
Comitative	orddiin	orddiiguin
Essive	ordin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person ordán ordáme ordámet 2nd person ordát ordáde ordádet 3rd person ordis ordiska ordiset

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ordi n

(non-standard since 2012)

1. definite plural of ord