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English
Noun
cordal (plural cordals)
- Alternative form of cordelle.
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
cordal m (plural cordals)
- (music) tailpiece (of a violin, etc.)
Further reading
- “cordal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
- “cordal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “cordal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cordal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From corda (“string”) + -al.
Pronunciation
Noun
cordal m (plural cordais)
- sierra (a rugged range of mountains)
- Synonym: serra
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cordal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cordal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “cordal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Spanish
Etymology
From cuerda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koɾˈdal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: cor‧dal
Noun
cordal m (plural cordales)
- (music) tailpiece (of a violin, etc.)
- (geography) range; mountain range, sierra
Noun
cordal f (plural cordales)
- (dentistry) ellipsis of muela cordal; wisdom tooth
- Synonym: muela del juicio
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