corde

== French == === Alternative forms === chorde (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French corde, from Old French corde, borrowed from Latin chorda (“gut”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, cord”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔʁd/ === Noun === corde f (plural cordes) rope (general) (geometry) chord (music) chord (of a string instrument) chord (vocal chord) line (washing line, for hanging clothes to dry) ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === corde inflection of corder: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “corde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === coder crédo décor == Interlingua == === Noun === corde (plural cordes) (anatomy) heart (figuratively) heart hearts (a suit of cards, ♥) == Italian == === Noun === corde f pl plural of corda === Anagrams === cedro, cedrò, credo, crode == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔr.dɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔr.de] === Noun === corde ablative singular of cor === Adjective === corde vocative masculine singular of cordus == Middle English == === Alternative forms === cord, coord === Etymology === From Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔrd(ə)/, /ˈkɔːrd(ə)/ === Noun === corde (plural cordes) A long, thick length of fibre (often intertwined): One of the strings of a string instrument. A sinew or the muscular material one is made out of. A division of inherited property or goods. (rare) A nerve; a cable of bundled neurons. (rare) A method to torment captives using a cord. (rare) A whip made of multiple cords. ==== Descendants ==== English: cord; chord (influenced by Latin spelling) Scots: cord ==== References ==== “cō̆rde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 March 2019. == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French corde. === Noun === corde f (plural cordes) rope ==== Descendants ==== French: corde == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French corde, borrowed from Latin chorda (“gut”). === Noun === corde f (plural cordes) (Jersey) string, rope, line ==== Derived terms ==== corde à lînge (“clothesline”) cordgi (“ropemaker”) == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ). === Noun === corde oblique singular, f (oblique plural cordes, nominative singular corde, nominative plural cordes) rope ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: cordeFrench: corde Norman: corde (Jersey) Walloon: coide → Middle Dutch: corde, coorde Dutch: koord → Middle English: corde, cord, coordEnglish: cord; chord (influenced by Latin spelling)Scots: cord == Tarantino == === Etymology === Compare Italian corda. === Noun === corde rope