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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English sowrde, from Old French sourdre (“to rise”), that is, "to rise in flight, as a flock of birds", from Latin surgō. Related to surge.
Noun
sord (plural sords)
- (rare, obsolete) A flock of mallards.
1893 September 27, The Bazaar, the Exchange and Mart, London, page 800, column 3:"Oh, I, well, I too fell into error, for I frittered away my morning in stalking yonder exaltation of larks, thinking they were dunlin, and in doing so disturbed the only sord of mallards on the whole marsh."
Etymology 2
See sward.
Noun
sord (plural sords)
- Obsolete form of sward.
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Catalan
Alternative forms
- sort (alternative medieval spelling)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan sord, from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sord (feminine sorda, masculine plural sords, feminine plural sordes)
- deaf
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