corde

Meaning

Noun

1. rope (general)
2. chord
3. chord (of a string instrument)
4. chord (vocal chord)
5. line (washing line, for hanging clothes to dry)

Verb

1. inflection of corder:
2. inflection of corder:

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔʁd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French corde, from Old French corde, borrowed from Latin chorda (“gut”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, cord”).

Sentences

Le quatrième segment revient sur la corde Sol initiale .

The fourth segment returns to the initial ground rope.

J’ai joué la corde sensible . Je l’aimais pour de vrai , mon Pierrot !

I played the chord. I loved him for real, my Pierrot!

L'âge venu , ils ne mouraient pas mais remontaient au ciel par cette corde .

When age came, they did not die but went back to heaven by this rope.