kord

From English cord, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek (Doric) χορδά (khordá), Ionic 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): /ˈkɔrt/
• Rhymes: -ɔrt

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

kord m

1. smallsword
2. (fencing) épée

Derived from Old French corde (“rope”).

kord m

1. cord (woven fabric used especially in tyres)

From Proto-Finnic *kerta, 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

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!

Borrowed from Hungarian kard, from Persian کارد‎, from Middle Persian.

• IPA^(key): /kɔrt/

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

kord m inan

1. cutlass (a short sword with a curved blade)

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