corda

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔr.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɔɾ.ða]

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “rope, cord”).

Noun

corda f (plural cordes)

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

Derived terms

• a casa d'un penjat no hi anomenis cordes
• afluixar la corda
• anar fora de corda
• cap de corda
• corda de nusos
• corda dorsal
• corda fluixa
• corda sensible
• corda vocal
• cordabotes
• cordada
• cordal
• cordam
• cordar
• cordat
• cordatge
• cordell
• corder
• cordill
• corditis
• cordó
• cordòfon
• cordonada
• cordoner
• cordoneria
• cordonet
• donar corda
• encordar
• estar a la corda
• estar amb la corda al coll
• estirar la corda
• instrument de corda
• joc de la corda
• saltar a corda
• tant s'estira la corda, que a la fi es trenca
• tenir corda
• teoria de cordes
• tibar la corda
• tocar la corda sensible

Further reading

• “corda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “corda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “corda” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “corda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

corda

1. inflection of cordar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr.da/

Noun

corda f (plural corde)

1. rope
2. chord

Further reading

• “corda” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese corda, from Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾda/
• Rhymes: -oɾda
• Syllabification: cor‧da

Noun

corda f (plural cordas)

1. rope, cord

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.da/
• Homophones: cordas, cordât

Verb

corda

1. third-person singular past historic of corder

Anagrams

• crado

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese corda (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾda/ [ˈkɔɾ.ð̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɔɾda
• Hyphenation: cor‧da

Noun

corda f (plural cordas)

1. rope, cord

   Synonyms: cabo, liña

2. string

   Synonyms: bramante, cordel, cordón, liña

3. (music) string, cord (of a musical instrument)
4. winding mechanism
5. (anatomy) tendon

   Synonym: tendón

6. (geography) mountain range

   Synonym: serra

Derived terms

• cordel
• cordela
• cordón
• escordar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “corda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “corda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “corda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “corda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “corda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Irish

Etymology 1

From English cord.

Noun

corda m (genitive singular corda, nominative plural cordaí)

1. cord, string

Declension

Declension of corda (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative corda cordaí vocative a chorda a chordaí genitive corda cordaí dative corda cordaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an corda na cordaí genitive an chorda na gcordaí dative leis an gcorda don chorda leis na cordaí

Derived terms

• corda an dromlaigh (“spinal cord”)
• cordach (“corded, chordate”)
• cordaigh (“to cord”)

Etymology 2

From English chord.

Noun

corda m (genitive singular corda, nominative plural cordaí)

1. (music) chord

Declension

Declension of corda (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative corda cordaí vocative a chorda a chordaí genitive corda cordaí dative corda cordaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an corda na cordaí genitive an chorda na gcordaí dative leis an gcorda don chorda leis na cordaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of corda

radical	lenition	eclipsis
corda	chorda	gcorda

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

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr.da/
• Rhymes: -ɔrda
• Hyphenation: còr‧da

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/racket, etc.)
6. (boxing) rope (of a ring)

Derived terms

• corda per saltare
• corda vocale

Related terms

• capocorda
• cordaccia
• cordaio
• cordame
• cordata
• cordatrice
• cordatura f (“ropemaking”)
• cordella
• cordellina
• corderia
• cordicella
• cordicina
• cordina
• cordone
• incordare

Anagrams

• cadrò, cardo, cardò, croda, draco

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔr.da]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔr.d̪a]

Noun

corda

1. nominative/vocative/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

Lombard

Alternative forms

• còrda (Classical Milanese Orthography)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrda/

Noun

corda f

1. rope

Further reading

• The entry "corda" at the Lombard edition of Wiktionary

Portuguese

corda

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.dɐ/ [ˈkɔɦ.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.dɐ/ [ˈkɔɦ.dɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.dɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɻ.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.dɐ/ [ˈkɔɾ.ðɐ]

• (South and North Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.da/
• (Interior Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.da/
• Hyphenation: cor‧da

Noun

corda f (plural cordas)

1. rope, string

   Synonyms: fio, cabo, linha

2. winding mechanism
3. cord, heartstring

Derived terms

• (2) dar corda

Related terms

• acorde
• cordame
• cordão

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• codda (eye dialect with regressive assimilation)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.da/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔd.da/ (Reggressive assimilation)

Noun

corda f (plural cordi)

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

• accurdari
• curdami
• curdaru
• curdata
• curdina
• curdinu
• curduni

Related terms

• corda pi sautari
• corda vucali
• coḍḍa
• cu' àvi cchiù corda attacca u porcu
• cuda
• sauta-corda

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾda/ [ˈkoɾ.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -oɾda
• Syllabification: cor‧da

Noun

corda f (uncountable)

1. rope

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• cordel
• cuerda

Further reading

• “corda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10