# corda
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔr.də]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈkɔɾ.ða]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

corda f (plural cordes)
* rope
* string
* cord
* (music) string instrument
* (geometry) chord

##### Derived terms

* a casa d'un penjat no hi anomenis cordes
* afluixar la corda
* anar fora de corda
* cap de corda
* corda de nusos
* corda dorsal
* corda fluixa
* corda sensible
* corda vocal
* cordabotes
* cordada
* cordal
* cordam
* cordar
* cordat
* cordatge
* cordell
* corder
* cordill
* corditis
* cordó
* cordòfon
* cordonada
* cordoner
* cordoneria
* cordonet
* donar corda
* encordar
* estar a la corda
* estar amb la corda al coll
* estirar la corda
* instrument de corda
* joc de la corda
* saltar a corda
* tant s'estira la corda, que a la fi es trenca
* tenir corda
* teoria de cordes
* tibar la corda
* tocar la corda sensible

#### Further reading

* “corda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “corda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

corda
* inflection of cordar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Corsican
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔr.da/

### Noun

corda f (plural corde)
* rope
* chord

### Further reading

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

## Fala
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkoɾda/
* Rhymes: -oɾda
* Syllabification: cor‧da

### Noun

corda f (plural cordas)
* rope, cord

### References

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

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔʁ.da/
* Homophones: cordas, cordât

### Verb

corda
* third-person singular past historic of corder

### Anagrams

* crado

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited 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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔɾda/ [ˈkɔɾ.ð̞ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɔɾda
* Hyphenation: cor‧da

### Noun

corda f (plural cordas)
* rope, cord
    Synonyms: cabo, liña
* string
    Synonyms: bramante, cordel, cordón, liña
* (music) string, cord (of a musical instrument)
* winding mechanism
* (anatomy) tendon
    Synonym: tendón
* (geography) mountain range
    Synonym: serra

#### Derived terms

* cordel
* cordela
* cordón
* escordar

### References

* 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* 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

## Irish
### Etymology 1

From English cord.

#### Noun

corda m (genitive singular corda, nominative plural cordaí)
* cord, string

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
corda
cordaí
vocative
a chorda
a chordaí
genitive
corda
cordaí
dative
corda
cordaí
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an corda
na cordaí
genitive
an chorda
na gcordaí
dative
leis an gcorda don chorda
leis na cordaí :

##### Derived terms

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

### Etymology 2

From English chord.

#### Noun

corda m (genitive singular corda, nominative plural cordaí)
* (music) chord

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
corda
cordaí
vocative
a chorda
a chordaí
genitive
corda
cordaí
dative
corda
cordaí
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an corda
na cordaí
genitive
an chorda
na gcordaí
dative
leis an gcorda don chorda
leis na cordaí :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔr.da/
* Rhymes: -ɔrda
* Hyphenation: còr‧da

### Noun

corda f (plural corde)
* rope
* (anatomy) chord, cord
* (music) string, cord (of a musical instrument)
* (geometry) chord
* (sports) string (of a tennis racquet/racket, etc.)
* (boxing) rope (of a ring)

#### Derived terms

* corda per saltare
* corda vocale

#### Related terms

* capocorda
* cordaccia
* cordaio
* cordame
* cordata
* cordatrice
* cordatura f (“ropemaking”)
* cordella
* cordellina
* corderia
* cordicella
* cordicina
* cordina
* cordone
* incordare

### Anagrams

* cadrò, cardo, cardò, croda, draco

## Latin
### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

corda
* nominative/vocative/accusative plural of cor

### References

* “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

## Lombard
### Alternative forms

* còrda (Classical Milanese Orthography)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔrda/

### Noun

corda f
* rope

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔʁ.dɐ/ [ˈkɔɦ.dɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔʁ.dɐ/ [ˈkɔɦ.dɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈkɔɾ.dɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈkɔʁ.dɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔɻ.da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɔɾ.dɐ/ [ˈkɔɾ.ðɐ]
* (South and North Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔʁ.da/
* (Interior Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔɾ.da/
* Hyphenation: cor‧da

### Noun

corda f (plural cordas)
* rope, string
    Synonyms: fio, cabo, linha
* winding mechanism
* cord, heartstring

#### Derived terms

* (2) dar corda

#### Related terms

* acorde
* cordame
* cordão

## Sicilian
### Alternative forms

* codda (eye dialect with regressive assimilation)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔɾ.da/ (standard)
* IPA: /ˈkɔd.da/ (Reggressive assimilation)

### Noun

corda f (plural cordi)
* rope
* (anatomy) chord, cord
* (music) string, cord (of a musical instrument)
* (geometry) chord
* (sports) string (of a tennis racquet, etc)
* (boxing) rope (of a ring)

#### Derived terms

* accurdari
* curdami
* curdaru
* curdata
* curdina
* curdinu
* curduni

#### Related terms

* corda pi sautari
* corda vucali
* coḍḍa
* cu' àvi cchiù corda attacca u porcu
* cuda
* sauta-corda

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkoɾda/ [ˈkoɾ.ð̞a]
* Rhymes: -oɾda
* Syllabification: cor‧da

### Noun

corda f (uncountable)
* rope

#### Usage notes

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

#### Related terms

* cordel
* cuerda

### Further reading

* “corda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10