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Chorda

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Chor′da

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. L.

chorda

. See

.]

(Anat.)

A cord.

‖Chorda dorsalis

.

[NL., lit., cord of the back.]

(Anat.)

See

.

Definition 2024

Chorda

Chorda

See also: chorda

Translingual

Proper noun

Chorda f

A taxonomic genus within the family Chordaceae.

Synonyms

(genus): mermaid's fishing line, sea laces, mermaids line, bootlace weed, seatwine, dead men's ropes, mermaid's tresses, cat gut, sea lace

Hyponyms

(genus): Chorda filum

chorda

chorda

See also: Chorda

Latin

Noun

chorda f ‎(genitive chordae); first declension

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	chorda	chordae
genitive	chordae	chordārum
dative	chordae	chordīs
accusative	chordam	chordās
ablative	chordā	chordīs
vocative	chorda	chordae

Descendants

Albanian: kordhë
Aragonese: cuerda
Aromanian: coardã
Asturian: cuerda
Catalan: corda
Dutch: koord, koorde
English: chord, cord
French: corde
Friulian: cuarde
Galician: corda
Istriot: curda

Italian: corda
Occitan: còrda
Portuguese: corda
Romanian: coardă
Romansch: corda
Sardinian: codra, corda, colda
Sicilian: corda
Spanish: cuerda
Venetian: corda
Walloon: coide

References

chorda in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
chorda in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
CHORDA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “chorda”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

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