cardo

Meaning

1. (declension-3) hinge (of a door or gate), usually a pivot and socket in Roman times.
2. (broadly, declension-3) a tenon, mortice, or socket
3. (declension-3) A street, that ran north–south, in a Roman town or military camp
4. (declension-3, figuratively) turning point, critical moment or action
5. (declension-3, figuratively) the symbolism of the hinge in ancient Roman religion and myth
6. (declension-3) a pole

Concepts

hinge

line

a line limiting a field by agrim

cardo

Translations

mortasa

Falz

Fuge

Nut

Türangel

Zapfenloch

Stemmloch

gond

carne

🥩

fiche

mortaise

penture

bandella

cardine

hengsel

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkar.doː]

Etymology

Uncertain. Traditionally related to Ancient Greek κράδη (krádē, “twig, spray; swing, crane in the drama”), but unlikely as the concordant sense of swing is metaphorical and likely too recent. Or from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing, jump”) and so cognate with Proto-Germanic *herzô (“bar, pivot, hinge”) (whence English har (“hinge”)). Compare in any case Old High German scerdo (“hinge”).