corde

• chorde (obsolete)

Inherited from Middle French corde, from Old French corde, borrowed from Latin chorda (“gut”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, cord”).

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁd/

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corde f (plural cordes)

1. rope (general)
2. (geometry) chord
3. (music) chord (of a string instrument)
4. chord (vocal chord)
5. line (washing line, for hanging clothes to dry)

corde

1. inflection of corder:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “corde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• coder
• crédo
• décor

corde (plural cordes)

1. (anatomy) heart
2. (figuratively) heart
3. hearts (a suit of cards, ♥)

corde f pl

1. plural of corda

• cedro, cedrò, credo, crode

corde

1. ablative singular of cor

• cord, coord

From Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrd(ə)/, /ˈkɔːrd(ə)/

corde (plural cordes)

1. A long, thick length of fibre (often intertwined):
2. One of the strings of a string instrument.
3. A sinew or the muscular material one is made out of.
4. A division of inherited property or goods.
5. (rare) A nerve; a cable of bundled neurons.
6. (rare) A method to torment captives using a cord.
7. (rare) A whip made of multiple cords.

• English: cord; chord (influenced by Latin spelling)
• Scots: cord

• “cō̆rde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 March 2019.

From Old French corde.

corde f (plural cordes)

1. rope

• French: corde

From Old French corde, borrowed from Latin chorda (“gut”).

corde f (plural cordes)

1. (Jersey) string, rope, line

• corde à lînge (“clothesline”)
• cordgi (“ropemaker”)

Borrowed from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ).

corde oblique singular, f (oblique plural cordes, nominative singular corde, nominative plural cordes)

1. rope

• Middle French: corde
  • French: corde
• Norman: corde (Jersey)
• Walloon: coide
• → Middle Dutch: corde, coorde
  • Dutch: koord
• → Middle English: corde, cord, coord
  • English: cord; chord (influenced by Latin spelling)
  • Scots: cord

Compare Italian corda.

corde

1. rope