corder

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English

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Etymology

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From cord +‎ -er.

Noun

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corder (plural corders)

  1. One who prepares wood as cordwood.

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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Noun

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corder m (plural corders) (Western)

  1. lamb
    Synonym: anyell (standard)

References

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  • “corder” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • Coromines, Joan (1980–1991) “corder”, in Diccionari etimològic i complementari de la llengua catalana, Barcelona: Curial Edicions Catalanes.

Etymology 2

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From corda +‎ -er.

Noun

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corder m (plural corders, feminine cordera)

  1. ropemaker
  2. rope seller

French

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Etymology

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From corde +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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corder

  1. to rope up, rope

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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