coardă

See also: coardã

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈko̯ar.də]

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, cord”).

Noun

coardă f (plural coarde or corzi)

1. cord, rope

   Synonyms: funie, frânghie, sfoară

2. string (of a guitar)
3. (colloquial) vein, nerve, tendon, ligament, etc.

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	coardă	coarda		coarde	coardele
genitive-dative	coarde	coardei		coarde	coardelor
vocative	coardă, coardo			coardelor

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	coardă	coarda		corzi	corzile
genitive-dative	corzi	corzii		corzi	corzilor
vocative	coardă, coardo			corzilor

Derived terms

• cordar

Etymology 2

From cordi (“to fuck”), borrowed from the Romani indicative perfect root kurd- of the verb kurel (“to fuck”).

Noun

coardă f (plural coarde)

1. (slang) prostitute, whore, bitch

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	coardă	coarda		coarde	coardele
genitive-dative	coarde	coardei		coarde	coardelor
vocative	coardă, coardo			coardelor