хорда

Scientific term, ultimately from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string, tendon”). Doublet of ко́рда (kórda, “cord, musical chord”), borrowed via Latin. Further akin to Bulgarian хе́рния (hérnija, “hernia”) of Latin origin.

• IPA^(key): [ˈxɔrdɐ]

хо́рда • (hórda) f (relational adjective хо́рдов)

1. (geometry) chord (line segment joining two points on a curve)

• стру́на (strúna, “string”)
• тетива́ (tetivá, “tendon”)

• “хорда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “хорда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• IPA^(key): [ˈxordə]

хо́рда • (xórda) f inan (genitive хо́рды, nominative plural хо́рды, genitive plural хорд)

1. (geometry) chord, span (of arc, a line segment joining two points on a curve)
2. (biology) spinal column, notochord (primary skeletal axis of vertebrates and man)

• хордовый (xordovyj)

хорда f (Latin spelling horda)

1. horde