corder

English

Etymology

From cord +‎ -er.

Noun

corder (plural corders)

1. One who prepares wood as cordwood.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kurˈde̞]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [korˈde]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [kurˈde]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɾˈðeɾ]

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Etymology 1

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *cordārium. The DCVB argue that it is borrowed from Spanish cordero on the following grounds: it is not attested in Catalan until the fifteenth century, it has existed from the beginning alongside a Castilian-like variant cordero, and its distribution is limited to western dialects.

Coromines argues that it was inherited by Catalan on the following grounds: its distribution is not limited to border regions but rather is general throughout the west – including areas relatively secluded from Castilian influence such as Vall Ferrera – and it is documented since ca. 1400 even in the ‘purest’ Valencian writers, which is about as early as one could expect a western dialectal word to appear in writing, given that written Catalan had been highly standardized till then. As for the Valencian variant cordero, Coromines explains it as a borrowing from local Mozarabic.

Alternative forms

• cordero

Noun

corder m (plural corders) (Western)

1. lamb

   Synonym: anyell (standard)

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “corder”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• Joan Coromines (1980–1991), “corder”, in Diccionari etimològic i complementari de la llengua catalana, Barcelona: Curial Edicions Catalanes

Etymology 2

From corda +‎ -er.

Noun

corder m (plural corders, feminine cordera, feminine plural corderes)

1. ropemaker
2. rope seller

French

Etymology

From corde +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.de/

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Verb

corder

1. to rope up, rope

Conjugation

Conjugation of corder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	corder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cordant /kɔʁ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cordé /kɔʁ.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	corde /kɔʁd/	cordes /kɔʁd/	corde /kɔʁd/	cordons /kɔʁ.dɔ̃/	cordez /kɔʁ.de/	cordent /kɔʁd/
	imperfect	cordais /kɔʁ.dɛ/	cordais /kɔʁ.dɛ/	cordait /kɔʁ.dɛ/	cordions /kɔʁ.djɔ̃/	cordiez /kɔʁ.dje/	cordaient /kɔʁ.dɛ/
	past historic2	cordai /kɔʁ.de/	cordas /kɔʁ.da/	corda /kɔʁ.da/	cordâmes /kɔʁ.dam/	cordâtes /kɔʁ.dat/	cordèrent /kɔʁ.dɛʁ/
	future	corderai /kɔʁ.də.ʁe/	corderas /kɔʁ.də.ʁa/	cordera /kɔʁ.də.ʁa/	corderons /kɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/	corderez /kɔʁ.də.ʁe/	corderont /kɔʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	corderais /kɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/	corderais /kɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/	corderait /kɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/	corderions /kɔʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/	corderiez /kɔʁ.də.ʁje/	corderaient /kɔʁ.də.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	corde /kɔʁd/	cordes /kɔʁd/	corde /kɔʁd/	cordions /kɔʁ.djɔ̃/	cordiez /kɔʁ.dje/	cordent /kɔʁd/
	imperfect2	cordasse /kɔʁ.das/	cordasses /kɔʁ.das/	cordât /kɔʁ.da/	cordassions /kɔʁ.da.sjɔ̃/	cordassiez /kɔʁ.da.sje/	cordassent /kɔʁ.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	corde /kɔʁd/	—	cordons /kɔʁ.dɔ̃/	cordez /kɔʁ.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• cordage
• décorder
• recorder

Further reading

• “corder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• record