Added 8 October 2026
cord
/ˈkɔːd/ noun
In Latin: fūnis, restis Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cord at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example).
The burglar tied up the victim with a cord.
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Any quantity of such material when viewed as a mass or commodity.
He looped some cord around his fingers.
- A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ( vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.
verb
Origin
From Middle English corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (“bowels, intestines”). Displaced native Old English sīma (“cord, rope”), sāl (“rope, cord, rein”), and sāda (“cord, halter, snare”). Doublet of chord and cuerda. More at yarn and hernia.
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