cordar

Catalan

Etymology

From corda +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kurˈda]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [korˈda]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɾˈðaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

cordar (first-person singular present cordo, first-person singular preterite cordí, past participle cordat); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to button, to fasten, to buckle, to clasp

   Synonym: afiblar

2. (transitive) to lace, to lace up
3. (transitive) to string (put strings on)
4. (transitive) to cane (a chair)
5. (transitive, nautical) to lash

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of cordar (first conjugation)

infinitive			cordar
gerund			cordant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cordat		cordada
		plural		cordats		cordades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cordo	cordes	corda	cordem	cordeu	corden
	imperfect	cordava	cordaves	cordava	cordàvem	cordàveu	cordaven
	future	cordaré	cordaràs	cordarà	cordarem	cordareu	cordaran
	preterite	cordí	cordares	cordà	cordàrem	cordàreu	cordaren
	conditional	cordaria	cordaries	cordaria	cordaríem	cordaríeu	cordarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cordi	cordis	cordi	cordem	cordeu	cordin
	imperfect	cordés	cordessis	cordés	cordéssim	cordéssiu	cordessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	corda	cordi	cordem	cordeu	cordin
	negative (no)	—	no cordis	no cordi	no cordem	no cordeu	no cordin

Derived terms

• cordabotes
• descordar

Related terms

• cordat

Further reading

• “cordar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cordar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “cordar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cordar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-der.

Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ)bor.

Latin chorda

Romanian coardă

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Romanian -ar

Romanian cordar

From coardă + -ar.

Noun

cordar m (plural cordari)

1. tailpiece