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cordial

/ˈkɔːdʒəl/KAWR-juhl
/ˈkɔɹdʒəl/KAWR-juhl

Meaningfrom the heart

Common meaning: warm and friendly

Other meanings: also a sweet drink

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KARD‘swing about, jump’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 62, p. 732 · scan
  2. Latincor, cordis‘the heart’
  3. Frenchcordial
  4. Englishcordial‘warm and friendly’ · today

cord also in: accordrecordconcordcouragediscord

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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin cor ‘the heart’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry cor, p. 468 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry RECORD, p. 495 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

accordconcordcouragediscordrecord

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