koord

See also: Koord

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch corde, coorde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek (Doric) χορδά (khordá), Ionic χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”). Doublette with koorde (“straight line connecting two dots of a curve”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːrt

• koord:

  (file)

Noun

koord n or f (plural koorden, diminutive koordje n)

1. rope, cord (length of twisted strands)

Synonyms

• touw

Derived terms

• koorddraad
• koorde

See also

• garen