cordeau
French
noun
Definitions
- (usually thin or small) rope, string (used to mark a straight line)
- cord long length of twisted strands of fibre
- straight line
- (fishing) line, fishing line
- (mining) fuse cord that conveys fire to an explosive device
Etymology
Inherited from Old French cordel derived from Latin chorda (cord, gut, string, rope, chord) derived from Ancient Greek χορδή (cord, string of gut, guts, string, tendon, rope, entrails, tripe, intestines, string of a musical instrument).
Origin
Ancient Greek
χορδή
Gloss
cord, string of gut, guts, string, tendon, rope, entrails, tripe, intestines, string of a musical instrument
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
臓
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- decachord English
- chorda Latin
- clavichordium Latin
- corda Italian
- chordofoon Dutch, Flemish
- koorde Dutch, Flemish
- (chaudepisse) cordée French
- cordado Spanish, Castilian
- cuerdas Spanish, Castilian
- οὐρά Ancient Greek
- φωνή Ancient Greek
- χορδά Ancient Greek
- χορδή Ancient Greek
- *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- corda Portuguese
- korde Danish
- corde Old French
- cordel Old French
- coardă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- χορδή Greek (modern)
- хорда Bulgarian
- coardã Aromanian
- cuerda Asturian
- cuarde Friulian
- corda Old Occitan
- côde Bourguignon
- curda Istriot