kord

From English cord, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).

• Hyphenation: kord

kord

1. a long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fiber
2. an electrical cord

• IPA^(key): [ˈkort]
• Rhymes: -ɔrt

Probably from Hungarian kard, originally from Middle Persian [script needed] (kārd, “knife”).^[1][2]

kord m inan

1. smallsword
2. (fencing) épée

Borrowed from Old French corde (“rope”).

kord m inan

1. cord (woven fabric used especially in tyres)

From Proto-Finnic *kërta, borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Old Prussian kērdā and Lithuanian kartas. Cognate with Finnish kerta and Votic kõrtõ.

kord (genitive korra, partitive korda)

1. time, occasion
2. order, regime, system

kord (not comparable)

1. once, once upon a time, someday

   Sellest poisist tuleb kord üks kuulus mees.

   That boy will someday grow up to be a famous man.

   Elasid kord eit ja taat.

   Once upon a time there lived an old woman and old man.

2. (emphatic) finally, at last

   Jäta mind juba kord rahule!

   Leave me alone, will you!

• IPA^(key): [ˈkord]
• Hyphenation: kord
• Rhymes: -ord

kord (usually uncountable, plural kordok)

1. corduroy

   Synonym: kordbársony

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrt
• Syllabification: kord
• Homophone: kort

Borrowed from Hungarian kard. Doublet of kard.

kord m inan (diminutive kordzik)

2. Bauernwehr (typical weapon of the common people in the Middle Ages and early modern times, which was particularly widespread in the 15th and 16th centuries)
4. (informal, nautical) cutlass (short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship)

   Synonyms: kordelas, szabla abordażowa

Borrowed from English cord.

kord m inan (related adjective kordowy)

1. cord (internal structure that reinforces the tyre of a vehicle, made of a layer of fibers or steel mesh)
2. cord (ribbed fabric used for clothing, especially work clothes)

• kord in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kord in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kord in PWN's encyclopedia