kord

See also: körd, and Kord

Cebuano

Etymology

From English cord, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek (Doric) χορδά (khordá), Ionic χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kord

Noun

kord

1. a long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber
2. an electrical cord

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrt/
• Rhymes: -ɔrt

Etymology 1

Probably from Hungarian kard, originally from Middle Persian [script needed] (kārd, “knife”).

Noun

1. smallsword
2. (fencing) épée

Etymology 2

From Old French corde (“rope”).

Noun

1. cord (woven fabric used especially in tyres)

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Estonian

Etymology

From , borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Old Prussian kērdā and Lithuanian kartas. Cognate with Finnish kerta and Votic kõrta.

Noun

kord (genitive korra, partitive korda)

1. time, occasion
2. order, regime, system

Adverb

kord

1. once, once upon a time, someday

   Sellest poisist tuleb kord üks kuulus mees.

   That boy will someday grow up to be a famous man.

   Elasid kord eit ja taat.

   Once upon a time there lived an old woman and old man.

2. (emphatic) finally, at last

   Jäta mind juba kord rahule!

   Leave me alone, will you!

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian kard, from Persian کارد, from Middle Persian.

Noun

kord m inan

1. cutlass (a short sword with a curved blade)

Declension

Declension of kord

	singular	plural
nominative	kord	kordy
genitive	korda	kordów
dative	kordowi	kordom
accusative	kord	kordy
instrumental	kordem	kordami
locative	kordzie	kordach
vocative	kordzie	kordy

Further reading

• kord in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kord in Polish dictionaries at PWN