kord

See also: körd

Cebuano

Etymology

From English cord, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek (Doric) χορδά (khordá), Ionic χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: kord

Noun

kord

  1. a long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber
  2. an electrical cord

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔrt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrt

Etymology 1

Probably from Hungarian kard, originally from Middle Persian [script needed] (kārd, “knife”).[1][2]

Noun

kord m

  1. smallsword
  2. (fencing) épée
Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

kord m

  1. cord (woven fabric used especially in tyres)
Declension

References

  1. ↑ "kord" in Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, second edition, Academia, 1968
  2. ↑ kord in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Estonian

Noun

kord (genitive korra, partitive korda)

  1. time, occasion

Inflection

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Polish

Etymology

From Hungarian kard, from Persian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔrt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: kort

Noun

kord m inan

  1. cutlass (a short sword with a curved blade)

Declension

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