corda

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.də/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr.də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.da/

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Noun

corda f (plural cordes)

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

Derived terms

• afluixar la corda
• anar fora de corda
• cap de corda
• cordabotes
• cordada
• corda de nusos
• corda dorsal
• corda fluixa
• cordal
• cordam
• cordar
• corda sensible
• cordat
• cordatge
• corda vocal
• cordell
• corder
• cordill
• corditis
• cordó
• cordòfon
• cordonada
• cordoner
• cordoneria
• cordonet
• donar corda
• estar a la corda
• estar amb la corda al coll
• estirar la corda
• instrument de corda
• joc de la corda
• saltar a corda
• tenir corda
• teoria de cordes
• tibar la corda
• tocar la corda sensible

 

Expressions

• a casa d'un penjat no hi anomenis cordes
• tant s'estira la corda, que a la fi es trenca

Further reading

• “corda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “corda” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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.

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French

Pronunciation

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

Verb

corda

1. third-person singular past historic of corder

Anagrams

• crado

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese corda (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek (Doric) χορδά (khordá), (Ionic) χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔɾðɐ]

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

• “corda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “corda” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “corda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “corda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “corda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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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 Case Singular Plural Nominative corda cordaí Vocative a chorda a chordaí Genitive corda cordaí Dative corda cordaí

Forms with the definite article Case 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 Case Singular Plural Nominative corda cordaí Vocative a chorda a chordaí Genitive corda cordaí Dative corda cordaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an corda na cordaí Genitive an chorda na gcordaí Dative leis an gcorda don chorda leis na cordaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
corda	chorda	gcorda
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek (Doric) χορδά (khordá), (Ionic) 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, 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

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.da/, [ˈkɔrd̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.da/, [ˈkɔrd̪ä]

Noun

corda

1. nominative plural of cor
2. vocative plural of cor
3. 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

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Portuguese

corda

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈkɔʁ.dɐ/, [ˈkɔɦ.dɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (São Paulo) /ˈkɔɾ.dɐ/, [ˈkɔɾ.dɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio) /ˈkɔʁ.dɐ/, [ˈkɔʁ.dɐ]

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

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

 

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾda/, [ˈkoɾ.ð̞a]

Noun

corda f (uncountable)

1. rope

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• cuerda