corda

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Catalan

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

corda f (plural cordes)

  1. rope
  2. string
  3. cord
  4. (music) string instrument
  5. (geometry) chord

Expressions

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Verb

corda

  1. third-person singular past historic of corder

Anagrams

Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

corda f (plural corde)

  1. rope
  2. (anatomy) chord, cord
  3. (music) string, cord (of a musical instrument)
  4. (geometry) chord
  5. (sports) string (of a tennis racquet, etc)
  6. (boxing) rope (of a ring)

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

(deprecated template usage) corda

  1. nominative plural of cor
  2. vocative plural of cor
  3. accusative plural of cor

References

  • “corda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • corda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “corda”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
corda

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

corda f (plural s)

  1. rope, string
    Synonyms: fio, cabo, linha
  2. winding mechanism
  3. cord, heartstring

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan corda (“rope”). Doublet of cuerda.

Noun

corda f (uncountable)

  1. rope

Usage notes

Only used in the construction estar a la corda, to navigate against a headwind.

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