gird

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
2. (transitive) To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
3. (reflexive, transitive) To prepare (oneself) for an action.
4. (intransitive) (of a vessel towing another) To be pulled on sideways by its towline, putting it at risk of capsizing.

Noun

1. A sarcastic remark.
2. A stroke with a rod or switch.
3. A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

Concepts

ceindre

vêtir

👗

boucler

entourer

attacher ceinture

attacher

ceinturer

enlever

enserrer

bras

équiper

fortifier

lier

🔗

ligaturer

armer

arme

garrotter

s’armer

détacher

Synonymes

girdle

encircle

belt

bind

wear

build up

enclose

tie

arm

confine

surround

strap

attach

fortify

sneer

begird

girth

encompass

endue

zone

buckle

ring

💍

gibe

beset

environ

enwrap

band

hold in

imprison

invest

jeer

jest

knot

🪢

lash

ligate

manacle

moor

rack

rail

restrain

round

scoff

secure

shackle

slur

stake

string

🪢

take off

taunt

tether

Traductions

gorden

cingere

ceñir

circondare

aangespen

aangorden

kuşatmak

omgorden

sarmak

rodear

cercar

çevrelemek

rodear

cingir

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡɜːd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: girden

Hérité de ancien anglais: gyrdan

Appartenant à frison occidental: gurdzje

Appartenant à néerlandais: gorden

Appartenant à allemand: gürten

Appartenant à suédois: gjorda

Appartenant à islandais: gyrða

Appartenant à albanais: ngërthej

In summary

From Middle English girden, gerden, gürden, from Old English gyrdan (“to put a belt around, to put a girdle around”), from Proto-Germanic *gurdijaną (“to gird”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian gurdzje, girdzje, Dutch gorden, German gürten, Swedish gjorda, Icelandic gyrða, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie together by weaving, to bind”).