ord

See also: Ord, ORD, òrd, orð, and -ord

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, Australia, India) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːd/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɹd/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d

Etymology 1

Noun

ord

1. Abbreviation of order.
2. (law) Abbreviation of ordinance.
3. (informal, stock market) Clipping of ordinary share.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ord (“point, point of a weapon, beginning”), from Old English ord (“point, spear-point, spear, source, beginning, front, vanguard”), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), of obscure origin (see *uzdaz).

Cognate with North Frisian od (“tip, place, beginning”), Dutch oord (“place, region”), German Ort (“location, place, position”), Danish od (“a point”), Swedish udd (“a point, prick”), Icelandic oddur (“tip, point of a weapon, leader”). See also odd.

Alternative forms

• orde

Noun

ord (plural ords)(now chiefly UK dialectal)

1. A point.
2. A point of origin; a beginning.
   • 1897, Frank Cowan, The millionaire:

     "[...] But such is life — hard upon hard from ord to end; and if I had not been made of the best of neat-leather, the longer in water the tougher, I would have melted away with my tears long ago!"

   • 1924, Adriaan Jacob Barnouw Esmoreit, An ingenious play of Esmoreit: the king's son of Sicily:

     [...] Tell me wholly as it was From ord to end how it did pass When first your father was of me ware.

3. A point of land; a promontory.
   • 1900, Cai.:

     When a man came from Sutherland into Caithness over the Ord [of Caithness, in the southern tip of the county], he was called an ord-louper .

4. The point or edge of a weapon.

   Saul drew his sword, And ran even upon the ord. — Cursor Mundi.

   And touched him with the spear's ord. — Romance of Sir Otuel.

   • 1814, Henry William Weber, Robert Jamieson, Sir Walter Scott, Illustrations of northern antiquities:

     Hadubraht, the son of Hiltibrant, said, "Gladly gifts should be received; ord (spear's point) against ord.

Derived terms

• odds and ends

Anagrams

• dor, rod, ODR, d'or, DOR, D. Or., Rod, Dor., DRO, Dor, dro, RDO

Azerbaijani

Noun

ord (definite accusative ordu, plural ordlar)

1. alternative form of ovurd (“inside of cheek”)

Declension

Declension of ord

	singular	plural
nominative	ord	ordlar
definite accusative	ordu	ordları
dative	orda	ordlara
locative	ordda	ordlarda
ablative	orddan	ordlardan
definite genitive	ordun	ordların

Possessive forms of ord

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ordum	ordlarım
sənin (“your”)	ordun	ordların
onun (“his/her/its”)	ordu	ordları
bizim (“our”)	ordumuz	ordlarımız
sizin (“your”)	ordunuz	ordlarınız
onların (“their”)	ordu or ordları	ordları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ordumu	ordlarımı
sənin (“your”)	ordunu	ordlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	ordunu	ordlarını
bizim (“our”)	ordumuzu	ordlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	ordunuzu	ordlarınızı
onların (“their”)	ordunu or ordlarını	ordlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	orduma	ordlarıma
sənin (“your”)	orduna	ordlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	orduna	ordlarına
bizim (“our”)	ordumuza	ordlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	ordunuza	ordlarınıza
onların (“their”)	orduna or ordlarına	ordlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ordumda	ordlarımda
sənin (“your”)	ordunda	ordlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	ordunda	ordlarında
bizim (“our”)	ordumuzda	ordlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	ordunuzda	ordlarınızda
onların (“their”)	ordunda or ordlarında	ordlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ordumdan	ordlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	ordundan	ordlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	ordundan	ordlarından
bizim (“our”)	ordumuzdan	ordlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	ordunuzdan	ordlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	ordundan or ordlarından	ordlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ordumun	ordlarımın
sənin (“your”)	ordunun	ordlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	ordunun	ordlarının
bizim (“our”)	ordumuzun	ordlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	ordunuzun	ordlarınızın
onların (“their”)	ordunun or ordlarının	ordlarının

Further reading

• “ord” in Obastan.com.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish orth, from Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, cognate with English word, German Wort. The Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *werdʰom (“word”), which is also the source of Latin verbum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːˀr/, [ˈoɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Noun

ord n (singular definite ordet, plural indefinite ord)

1. word (a single word)
2. word (an utterance)

Declension

Declension of ord

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ord	ordet	ord	ordene
genitive	ords	ordets	ords	ordenes

Derived terms

• afskedsord
• alvorsord
• bandeord
• bibelord
• bindeord
• biord
• efterord
• enkeltord
• enstavelsesord
• f-ord
• fagord
• flerstavelsesord
• forholdsord
• forord
• fremmedord
• fyldord
• fyndord
• fyord
• fælleskønsord
• gradsbiord
• gudsord
• hovedord
• hånsord
• initialord
• intetkønsord
• jaord
• jesusord
• kendeord
• kodeord
• krydsord
• livord
• lovord
• lydord
• låneord
• mindeord
• modeord
• navneord
• nyord
• nøgleord
• opslagsord
• ordbillede
• ordblind
• ordbog
• orddannelse
• orddeling
• ordfattig
• ordflom
• ordforklaring
• ordforråd
• ordføjning
• ordføjningslære
• ordførende
• ordfører
• ordgyder
• ordgyderi
• ordholden
• ordholdende
• ordklasse
• ordkløver
• ordkløveri
• ordknap
• ordkrig
• ordliste
• ordlyd
• ordløs
• ordmagi
• ordret
• ordrig
• ordskifte
• ordskvalder
• ordspil
• ordsprog
• ordstilling
• ordstrid
• ordstrøm
• ordstyrer
• ordvalg
• ordveksling
• rimord
• simpleksord
• skriftord
• skældsord
• slagord
• slangord
• småord
• staveord
• stedord
• stedsbiord
• stikord
• søgeord
• tabuord
• talord
• tillægsord
• tostavelsesord
• udråbsord
• udsagnsord
• ukvemsord
• visdomsord
• æresord

Further reading

• “ord” in Den Danske Ordbog

Irish

Alternative forms

• órd (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /auɾˠd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɔːɾˠd̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ord, from Proto-Celtic *ordos (whence also Welsh gordd and Breton horzh). Connections outside Celtic are uncertain, but it may be related to Old Armenian ուռն (uṙn, “hammer”).

Noun

ord m (genitive singular oird, nominative plural oird)

1. sledgehammer
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 12:

     kā giŕcr̥ ə dæšḱə n t-aurd ə viəs agī ə bŕišə nə glox?

     [Cá gcuirtear i dtaisce an t-ord a bhíos agaibh a briseadh na gcloch?]

     Where is the sledgehammer you have for breaking the rocks kept?

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 12:

     fāȷīš nə h-aurȷ.

     [Faighidís na hoird.]

     Let them fetch the sledgehammers.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ord, from Latin ōrdō.

Noun

ord m (genitive singular oird, nominative plural oird)

1. (religion, agriculture, etc.) order
2. sequence, arrangement
3. (literary) ordered manner, rule
4. (literary) function
5. (ecclesiastical) prescribed form of service

Derived terms

• athord
• fo-ord
• ord bocht
• ord déirce
• ord ridireachta
• ordaigh
• ordphéire
• ordúil
• orduimhir

Declension

Declension of ord (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative ord oird vocative a oird a orda genitive oird ord dative ord oird forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-ord na hoird genitive an oird na n-ord dative leis an ord don ord leis na hoird

Mutation

Mutated forms of ord

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ord	n-ord	hord	t-ord

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ord”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “órd”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 534

Middle English

Alternative forms

• orde

Etymology

From Old English ord. Akin to Old Frisian ord (“place, point”), Old Saxon ord (“point”), Old High German ort (“point, beginning”), Old Norse oddr (“point of a weapon”). More at odd.

Noun

ord

1. a point
2. the point of a weapon
3. a point of origin, beginning

Descendants

• English: ord

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”). Cognates include Danish ord, Swedish ord, German Wort, and English word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːɾ/

Noun

ord n (definite singular ordet, indefinite plural ord, definite plural orda or ordene)

1. a word (a distinct unit of language with a particular meaning)

   Jeg forstår ikke dette ordet. ― I can’t understand this word.

2. word (something promised)

   Jeg gir deg mitt ord på at jeg skal være der i tide. ― I give you my word that I will be there on time.

3. word (a discussion)

   Kunne vi få et ord med deg? ― Could we have a word with you?

4. reputation

   Han har godt ord på seg. ― He has a good reputation.

5. (definite singular only) permission to speak

   Jeg overlater ordet til min kollega. ― I’ll let my colleague speak.

Derived terms

• etterord
• forord
• fremmedord
• gjetord
• komme til orde
• kryssord
• lydord
• lånord
• med andre ord
• nyord
• nøkkelord
• ord for ord
• ordblind
• ordbok
• ordflom
• ordforråd
• ordfører
• ordgyter
• ordholden
• ordklasse
• ordkløver
• ordlek
• ordliste
• ordlyd
• ordrett
• ordskifte
• ordsmed
• ordspill
• ordspråk
• skjellsord
• ta til orde
• ukvemsord
• visdomsord

References

• “ord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”). Akin to English word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uːrˠ], [uːɽ], [uːɺ̠]
  • Homophone: or
• (thick L) IPA^(key): /uːɭ/ (see ol)

Noun

ord n (definite singular ordet, indefinite plural ord, definite plural orda)

1. a word (a distinct unit of language with a particular meaning)

Derived terms

• etterord
• forord
• kryssord
• lydord
• lånord
• med andre ord
• nykelord
• nyord
• nøkkelord
• ordbok
• ordforråd
• ordførar
• ordklasse
• ordliste
• ordlyd
• ordrett
• ordskifte
• skjellsord
• visdomsord

References

• “ord” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• or (Northumbrian dialect)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“stab”).

Cognate with Middle Dutch ort (Dutch oord), Old High German ort (German Ort), Old Norse oddr (Icelandic oddur, Swedish udd, Danish od).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ord/, [orˠd]

Noun

ord m

1. point (especially of a weapon)
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Hē ġesēah ðā þæt hine ne mihte nān lǣċe ġehǣlan, and sette his swurdes ord tōġēanes his innoðe, and fēol him on uppon, þæt him þurhēode.

     He saw then that no doctor could heal him, and set the point of his sword against his stomach, and fell upon it, so that it ran him through.

   Þæs sweordes ord is swīðe sċearp.

   The point of the sword is very sharp.

2. point of origin, beginning
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"

     Seo eahteoðe leahter is superbia gehaten þæt is on ænglisc modigynss gecweden. Seo is ord and ende ælcere synne. Seo geworhte englas to atelicum deoflum...

     The eighth sin is called Superbia that is called Pride, in English, which is the beginning and end of every sin; it made angels into horrible devils,...

3. front; vanguard, chief
   • Finnesburh Fragment, line 12:

     ... winnað on orde, wesað on mōde.

     ... fight in the vanguard, be of [good] mood.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ord	ordas
accusative	ord	ordas
genitive	ordes	orda
dative	orde	ordum

Derived terms

• ordfruma

Descendants

• Middle English: ord
  • English: ord, orde
  • Scots: ord

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ordd

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈord̪/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *ordos (whence also Welsh gordd and Breton horzh). Connections outside Celtic are uncertain, but it may be related to Old Armenian ուռն (uṙn, “hammer”).

Noun

ord m (genitive uird, nominative plural uird)

1. sledgehammer

Declension

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ord	ordL	uirdL
vocative	uird	ordL	orduH
accusative	ordN	ordL	orduH
genitive	uirdL	ord	ordN
dative	ordL	ordaib	ordaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: ord
• Manx: oard
• Scottish Gaelic: òrd

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ord(d)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin ōrdō.

Noun

ord m (genitive uird, nominative plural uird)

1. (religion, agriculture, etc.) order
2. sequence, arrangement
3. ordered manner, rule
4. function

Declension

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ord	ordL	uirdL
vocative	uird	ordL	orduH
accusative	ordN	ordL	orduH
genitive	uirdL	ord	ordN
dative	ordL	ordaib	ordaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: ord
• Scottish Gaelic: òrd

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ord(d)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation

Mutation of ord

radical	lenition	nasalization
ord (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	ord	n-ord

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Romansh

Etymology

From Latin foras de.

Adverb

ord

1. outside

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish orþ, from Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːrd/, [ˈuːɖ]

• Audio (Gotland); “ett ord”:

  (file)

Noun

ord n (plural ord, definite singular ordet, definite plural orden)

1. a word (unit of language)

   "Myrslok" är ett ord

   "Anteater" is a word

   Hon sa inte ett ord

   She didn't say a word

   En bok innehåller många ord

   A book contains many words

   få sista ordet

   have the last word

   • 1991, Eva Dahlgren, “Vem tänder stjärnorna? [Who lights the stars?]”, in En blekt blondins hjärta [The Heart of a Bleached Blonde]‎^[1]:

     Det var evighetssekunder. Tre korta andetag. Hela livet vände. Vem valde? Inte jag. Jag hörde ord från mina läppar som aldrig vilat i min mun. Tankar aldrig tänkta, som nya väggar i ett rum.

     It was seconds of eternity. Three short breaths. My whole life ["the whole life" – Swedish often prefers to express possession by putting a noun in the definite instead of with a separate possessive pronoun] turned around. Who chose? Not me. I heard words from my lips that had [implied from vilat (“rested”) being supine] never rested in my mouth. Thoughts never thought, like new walls in a room.

   • 1994, Uno Svenningsson, “Under ytan [Beneath the Surface]”, in Uno‎^[2]:

     Jag tänker på dig ofta. Om du varit min egen bror, då hade också jag förvandlats till ett monster utan ord.

     I think about you often. If you had been my own brother, then I too would have turned into a monster without words.

2. a word (promise)

   Du har mitt ord

   You have my word

3. (usually in the singular definite "ordet") an opportunity to speak (during a formal discussion or the like); the floor, etc.

   ge någon ordet

   give someone the floor [the word]

   ha ordet

   have the floor [the word]

4. (computing) a word

Declension

Declension of ord

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ord	ords
	definite	ordet	ordets
plural	indefinite	ord	ords
	definite	orden	ordens

Derived terms

• arveord n
• bindeord n
• budord n
• fackord n
• frågeord n
• fult ord n
• glåpord n
• honnörsord n
• korsord n
• lägga ett gott ord (“put in a good word”)
• lösenord n
• modeord n
• noaord n
• nyord n
• orda
• ordaccent c
• ordagrann
• ordalag n
• ordbajsa
• ordbehandlare c
• ordbetydelse c
• ordbild c
• ordbildning c
• ordblind
• ordblindhet c
• ordbok c
• orddöv
• ordfattig
• ordfejd c
• ordfläta c
• ordflöde n
• ordfogning c
• ordföljd c
• ordklass c
• ordlista c
• ordlös
• ordrik
• ordspråk n
• ordstäv n
• ordval n
• ordvits c
• runt ord n
• räkneord n
• skällsord n
• slagord n
• svärord n
• tabuord n
• uppslagsord n
• visdomsord n
• välkomstord n

References

• “ord”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “ord”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “ord”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)