corde
See also: cordé
French
Alternative forms
- chorde (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French corde, from Old French corde, borrowed from Latin chorda (“gut”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, cord”).
Pronunciation
Noun
corde f (plural cordes)
- rope (general)
- (geometry) chord
- (music) chord (of a string instrument)
- chord (vocal chord)
- line (washing line, for hanging clothes to dry)
Derived terms
- à fleur de corde
- cordage
- corde à sauter
- corde raide
- corde vocale
- cordelette
- corder
- cordeau
- cordelet
- cordon
- tenir la corde
- tirer sur la corde
- tomber des cordes
- toucher la corde sensible
Verb
corde
- first-person singular present indicative of corder
- third-person singular present indicative of corder
- first-person singular present subjunctive of corder
- third-person singular present subjunctive of corder
- second-person singular imperative of corder
Further reading
- “corde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Interlingua
Noun
corde (plural cordes)
Italian
Noun
corde f pl
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) corde
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδά (khordá), χορδή (khordḗ).
Pronunciation
Noun
corde (plural cordes)
- A long, thick length of fibre (often intertwined):
- One of the strings of a string instrument.
- A sinew or the muscular material one is made out of.
- A division of inherited property or goods.
- (rare) A nerve; a cable of bundled neurons.
- (rare) A method to torment captives using a cord.
- (rare) A whip made of multiple cords.
Descendants
References
- “cō̆rde (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French corde.
Noun
corde f (plural cordes)
Descendants
- French: corde
Norman
Etymology
From Old French corde, borrowed from Latin chorda (“gut”).
Noun
corde f (plural cordes)
Derived terms
- corde à lînge (“clothesline”)
- cordgi (“ropemaker”)
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ).
Noun
corde oblique singular, f (oblique plural cordes, nominative singular corde, nominative plural cordes)
Descendants
Tarantino
Etymology
Noun
corde
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