corda

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

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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

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, 2024
• “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/

Noun

corda f (plural cordas)

1. rope, cord

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 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

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):

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

References

• “corda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “corda” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “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.

Irish

Etymology 1

From English cord.

Noun

corda m (genitive singular corda, nominative plural cordaí)

1. cord, string

Declension

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

Mutation

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

corda

Wikipedia ^it

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

Related terms

Anagrams

• cadrò, cardo, cardò, croda, draco

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.da/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.da/,

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

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

corda

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (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

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

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾda/
• 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

Further reading

• “corda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014