horde

== English == === Etymology === Recorded in English since 1555. From Middle French horde, from German Horde, from Polish horda, from Russian орда́ (ordá, “horde", 'clan, troop'”), probably from Kipchak Turkic (compare Tatar урда (urda, “horde”)), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“place of staying of the army, ruler etc.”). Cognates include Turkish ordu (“camp, army”), Mongolian орд (ord, “court, castle, royal compound, camp, horde”) and Kalmyk орда (orda). Doublet of orda and Urdu. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hôd, IPA(key): /hɔːd/ (General American) enPR: hôrd, IPA(key): /hɔɹd/ (General Australian) enPR: hôd, IPA(key): /hoːd/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: hōrd, IPA(key): /ho(ː)ɹd/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /hoəd/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d Homophones: hoard, whored === Noun === horde (plural hordes) A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude. A large number of people or things. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === horde (third-person singular simple present hordes, present participle hording or hordeing, simple past and past participle horded) to travel en masse, to flock === Usage notes === Sometimes confused with hoard. === Anagrams === Herod, Rhode, Rohde == Danish == === Etymology === From German Horde. === Noun === horde c (singular definite horden, plural indefinite horder) horde ==== Inflection ==== == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦɔrdə/ Hyphenation: hor‧de Rhymes: -ɔrdə === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from German Horde; attested from the early 17th century. ==== Noun ==== horde f (plural horden or hordes, diminutive hordetje n) a horde a troop of boy scouts, comprising no more than 24 cubs === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch horde, hurde, from Old Dutch *hurd, from Proto-West Germanic *hurdi, from Proto-Germanic *hurdiz; cognate with German Hürde, and closely related to English hurdle (which is a diminutive of the same root). The sense "hurdle" is a semantic loan from English hurdle. ==== Noun ==== horde f (plural horden, diminutive hordetje n) (sports) hurdle (obstacle used in races) a gross sieve any movable wattle screen or braided wooden lattice used for various purposes (as a wall, hurdle, shield, sieve or even raft) ===== Alternative forms ===== horre ===== Derived terms ===== === References === M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch] == French == === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔʁd/ === Noun === horde f (plural hordes) a horde === Further reading === “horde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Fula == === Alternative forms === (Maasina) hoorde === Noun === horde nde (plural kore ɗe) (Pulaar, Adamawa) calabash === References === M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997. Tourneux, Henry; Daïrou, Yaya (1998), Dictionnaire peul de l'agriculture et de la nature (Diamaré, Cameroun), suivi d'un index français-fulfulde‎[1] (in French), Paris: Karthala, →ISBN, retrieved 16 March 2024 == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== horde alternative form of hord === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== horde alternative form of horden == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From German Horde. === Noun === horde m (definite singular horden, indefinite plural horder, definite plural hordene) a horde === References === “horde” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxor.de/, [ˈhorˠ.de] === Noun === horde dative singular of hord == Upper Sorbian == === Adjective === horde inflection of hordy: neuter nominative/accusative singular nominative/accusative plural