chord
/ˈkɔːd/KAWRD
/ˈkɔɹd/KAWRD
Meaninga string
Common meaning: a group of notes played together
- chorda gut string of a lyreLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 891 · scan
Journey through time
- Greekχορδή‘a gut string of a lyre’
- Latinchorda
- Englishmeaning shiftsa gut string of a lyre → a group of notes played togetherchord‘a group of notes played together’ · today
chord also in: cord
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek χορδή ‘a gut string of a lyre’.
Roots
- χορδή Greek “a gut string of a lyre”
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