ford

== English == === Alternative forms === foorth (obsolete, [14th century]) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English fōrd, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). Doublet of firth, fjord, and fjard, all via Old Norse; and port, distantly via Latin. Cognate with Low German Föörd, Dutch voord, German Furt, Norwegian and Danish fjord. See also forth and Persian پل (pol, “bridge”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɔːd/ (General American) IPA(key): /fɔɹd/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /fo(ː)ɹd/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /foəd/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d (as the last part of a compound, chiefly in placenames) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /-fəd/ (General American) IPA(key): /-fɚd/ === Noun === ford (plural fords) A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing. Synonym: water-splash A stream; a current. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === ford (third-person singular simple present fords, present participle fording, simple past and past participle forded) To cross a stream by walking through it. 2016, Bruce McClure and Deborah Byrd, "EarthSky's meteor shower guide for 2016" in earthsky.org, [2] Some who witnessed the 1966 Leonid meteor storm said they felt as if they needed to grip the ground, so strong was the impression of Earth plowing along through space, fording the meteoroid stream. (by extension) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === dorf == Old Cornish == === Etymology === from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz === Noun === ford path, way c. 1200, Latin-Old Cornish Glossary in British Library MS Cotton Vespasian A XIV, folio 9 verso: == Old English == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz (“ford”). Cognate with Old Frisian ford, Old Saxon ford, and Old Dutch ford, Old High German furt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ford/, [forˠd] === Noun === ford m ford ==== Declension ==== Strong u-stem/a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɔrd/ === Noun === ford soft mutation of bord === Mutation ===