wikipedia|dab=cord
Image:Verlengsnoer (Extension cord).jpg|thumb|200px|right|An electrical cord.
Image:Rope.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Cord consisting of twisted fiber.
English
Pronunciation
IPA: /IPAchar|k��(r)d/
audio|en-us-cord.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)d|-��(r)d
Homophones
cawed (in non-rhotic accents), chord, cored
Etymology
From OF. corde < L. chorda < AGr. (Doric) �ο�δά (khorda), Ionic �ο�δή (khorde) "string of gut, the string of a lyre"
Noun
cord (countable except where indicated; plural cords)
- A long, thin, flexible length of twisted strands of fibre/fiber, for example rope; (uncountable) such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.
#:The burglar tied up the householder with a cord.
#:He looped some cord around his fingers.
- A small flexible conductor assembly of insulated wires, "lamp" or "sweeper" cords.
- A unit of measurement used for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 x 4 x 8 feet).
- (in plural cords) See cords.
- A cross-section measurement of an aircraft's wing.
<!-- at least in Canada --> <!-- of stacked wood is 8 by 4 by 4 feet (39 m³).-->
Synonyms
(length of twisted strands): cable, rope, string, twine
(wires surrounded by an insulating coating, used to supply electricity): cable, flex
Translations
trans-top|length of twisted strands
Crimean Tatar: �nur
Czech: provaz m
Dutch: touw n, koord f, zeel n
French: corde f
Finnish: naru
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German: Schnur f, Kordel f italbrac|fine rope for dresses or as barrier in museum
Japanese: � (���nawa)
Portuguese: corda f
Romanian: t+|ro|cordon
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trans-top|wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity
Czech: kabel m, drát m, š�ůra f
Dutch: kabel n
German: Kabel n
Finnish: johto
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Japanese: �����, k�do
Portuguese: cabo m
Swedish: sladd, ledning, sladdställ<!-- (any type of connector at both ends mandatory)-->, skarvsladd, förlängningssladd (extension cord)
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trans-top|unit of measurement for firewood'
German: 3,62 Raummeter m
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Swedish: famn<!-- (width one swedish fathom, various heights and depths making, norrlandsfamn, skogsfamn and other famn versions, now all obsolete. Today firewood is traded by kubikmeter (cubic meter) -->
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ttbc|CJKV Characters: �
ttbc|Spanish: cordón
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Derived terms
vocal cords
Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Units of measure
Romanian
Etymology
L.|ro cordis
Noun
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Declension
ro-noun-n|plcorduri|defcordul
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