koord

See also: Koord

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch corde, coorde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek (Doric) χορδά (khordá), Ionic χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”). Doublette with koorde (“straight line connecting two dots of a curve”).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -oːrt
  • koord(file)

Noun

koord n or f (plural koorden, diminutive koordje n)

  1. rope, cord (length of twisted strands)

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