corda

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔr.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɔɾ.ða]

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Inherited from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “rope, cord”).

corda f (plural cordes)

1. rope
2. string
3. cord
4. (music) string instrument
5. (geometry) chord

• “corda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “corda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “corda” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “corda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

corda

1. inflection of cordar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr.da/

corda f (plural corde)

1. rope
2. chord

• “corda” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

From Old Galician-Portuguese corda, from Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾda/
• Rhymes: -oɾda
• Syllabification: cor‧da

corda f (plural cordas)

1. rope, cord

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.da/
• Homophones: cordas, cordât

corda

1. third-person singular past historic of corder

• crado

From Old Galician-Portuguese corda (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔɾðɐ]

corda f (plural cordas)

1. rope, cord

   Synonyms: cabo, liña

2. string

   Synonyms: bramante, cordel, cordón, liña

3. (music) string, cord (of a musical instrument)
4. winding mechanism
5. (anatomy) tendon

   Synonym: tendón

6. (geography) mountain range

   Synonym: serra

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “corda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “corda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “corda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “corda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “corda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From English cord.

corda m (genitive singular corda, nominative plural cordaí)

1. cord, string

• corda an dromlaigh (“spinal cord”)
• cordach (“corded, chordate”)
• cordaigh (“to cord”)

From English chord.

corda m (genitive singular corda, nominative plural cordaí)

1. (music) chord

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr.da/
• Rhymes: -ɔrda
• Hyphenation: còr‧da

corda f (plural corde)

1. rope
2. (anatomy) chord, cord
3. (music) string, cord (of a musical instrument)
4. (geometry) chord
5. (sports) string (of a tennis racquet/racket, etc.)
6. (boxing) rope (of a ring)

• cadrò, cardo, cardò, croda, draco

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.da/, [ˈkɔrd̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.da/, [ˈkɔrd̪ä]

corda

1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of cor

• “corda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• corda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “corda”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

• còrda (Classical Milanese Orthography)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrda/

corda f

1. rope

• The entry "corda" at the Lombard edition of Wiktionary

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

• (South and North Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.da/
• (Interior Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.da/
• Hyphenation: cor‧da

corda f (plural cordas)

1. rope, string

   Synonyms: fio, cabo, linha

2. winding mechanism
3. cord, heartstring

• (2) dar corda

• codda, (eye dialect with regressive assimilation)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.da/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔd.da/ (Reggressive assimilation)

corda f (plural cordi)

1. rope
2. (anatomy) chord, cord
3. (music) string, cord (of a musical instrument)
4. (geometry) chord
5. (sports) string (of a tennis racquet, etc)
6. (boxing) rope (of a ring)

Borrowed from Catalan corda (“rope”). Doublet of cuerda.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾda/ [ˈkoɾ.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -oɾda
• Syllabification: cor‧da

corda f (uncountable)

1. rope

• Only used in the construction estar a la corda, to navigate against a headwind.

• “corda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28