COD

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cod"

Translingual

Symbol

COD

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1997.

   Synonyms: CD (alpha-2 1997–present), ZAR (1974–1997, as Zaire)

English

Alternative forms

• CoD, C.O.D.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

Proper noun

COD

1. Acronym of Concise Oxford Dictionary.
2. (video games) Acronym of Call of Duty.

   Let's go over to my house and play some COD.

Noun

COD (countable and uncountable, plural CODs)

2. (uncountable) Initialism of cash on delivery or collect on delivery.
   • 1901 May 10, The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎^[1], volume 4, number 5, page 132:

     This development would probably be much facilitated were the Colony to adopt the C.O.D. (collect on delivery) system of the Cape and many other parts of the world.

   • 1969, “Gitarzan”, Ray Stevens, Bill Everette (lyrics), performed by Ray Stevens:

     He ordered Chet's guitar course COD
     Makes A, E, workin' on B
     Digs C&W an' R&B
     An' me an' a chimpanzee agree
     That one day soon he'll be
     A celebrity.

3. (countable) Initialism of cause of death.
4. Initialism of cerebro-ocular dysgenesis.
5. Initialism of celebrity obsession disorder.
6. Initialism of code of discipline.
7. Initialism of committee on discipline.

Anagrams

• CDO, DOC, Doc, OCD, ODC, doc, doc.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.o.de/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Noun

COD m (uncountable)

1. (grammar) initialism of complément d'objet direct.