cordon

See also: Cordon and cordón

English

Etymology

From Middle English cordon, from Middle French cordon, from Old French cordon, diminutive of corde. More at cord.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ)dən/

• Audio (Australian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dən

Noun

cordon (plural cordons)

1. (archaic) A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc. [from 17th c.]
2. A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it. [from 16th c.]
3. (cricket) The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman: the slips and gully. [from 20th c.]
4. (botany) A woody plant, such as a fruit tree, pruned and trained to grow as a single stem on a support. [from 19th c.]

Derived terms

• sanitary cordon

Translations

ribbon

• Bulgarian: шири́т (bg) m (širít)
• German: Kordon (de) m
• Hungarian: zsinór (hu)
• Irish: ribín ridireachta m
• Māori: aukati
• Russian: ле́нта (ru) f (lénta)
• Swedish: band (sv) n, prydnadsband n, snodd (sv) c, snöre (sv) c, kordong (sv) c, ordensband n

line of people or things placed around an area

• Belarusian: кардо́н m (kardón)
• Bulgarian: кордо́н (bg) (kordón)
• German: Kordon (de) m
• Hungarian: kordon (hu)
• Portuguese: cordão (pt) m
• Romanian: cordon (ro) n
• Russian: кордо́н (ru) m (kordón)
• Swedish: kedja (sv) c, kordong (sv) c
• Ukrainian: кордо́н (uk) m (kordón)

Verb

cordon (third-person singular simple present cordons, present participle cordoning, simple past and past participle cordoned)

1. (transitive) Synonym of cordon off.
   • 1899, William Harding, Dreyfus: the Prisoner of Devil's Island, page 121:

     Strong detachments of infantry instead of gendarmes cordoned the streets leading to the Lycée.

Translations

cordon off — see cordon off

References

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Cordon”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume II (C), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 988, column 2.

Anagrams

• con rod, condor, conrod

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French. By surface analysis, corde (“rope”) +‎ -on (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.dɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

cordon m (plural cordons)

1. cord (for connecting)

Derived terms

• cordon bleu
• cordon ombilical
• cordon sanitaire
• cordon spermatique
• cordonner
• couper le cordon

Descendants

• → Dutch: kordon
  • Sranan Tongo: krodon
• → German: Kordon
• → Ottoman Turkish: قوردون
  • Turkish: kordon
• → Polish: kordon
  • → Russian: кордо́н (kordón)
  • → Ukrainian: кордо́н (kordón)
• → Portuguese: cordão
• → Romanian: cordon
• → Spanish: cordón

Further reading

• “cordon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Old French

Etymology

corde (“rope”) +‎ -on (diminutive suffix)

Noun

cordon oblique singular, m (oblique plural cordons, nominative singular cordons, nominative plural cordon)

1. bowstring
2. A small piece of rope

Descendants

• Middle French: cordon
  • French: cordon
    • → Dutch: kordon
      • Sranan Tongo: krodon
    • → German: Kordon
    • → Ottoman Turkish: قوردون
      • Turkish: kordon
    • → Polish: kordon
      • → Russian: кордо́н (kordón)
      • → Ukrainian: кордо́н (kordón)
    • → Portuguese: cordão
    • → Romanian: cordon
    • → Spanish: cordón
  • → Middle English: cordon
    • English: cordon

Further reading

• “cordon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cordon.

Noun

cordon n (plural cordoane)

1. belt
2. cord (length of twisted strands)
3. cordon (line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cordon	cordonul	cordoane	cordoanele
genitive-dative	cordon	cordonului	cordoane	cordoanelor
vocative	cordonule		cordoanelor

Derived terms

• cordon ombilical

See also

• centură, curea