different between cordon vs girth

English

Etymology

From Middle English cordon, from Middle French cordon, diminutive of corde. More at cord.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??(?)d?n/
• Rhymes: -??(r)d?n

Noun

cordon (plural cordons)

1. (archaic) A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc. [from 17th c.]
2. A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it. [from 16th c.]
3. (cricket) The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman - the slips and gully. [from 20th c.]
4. (botany) A woody plant, such as a fruit tree, pruned and trained to grow as a single stem on a support. [from 19th c.]

Translations

Verb

cordon (third-person singular simple present cordons, present participle cordoning, simple past and past participle cordoned)

1. Only used in cordon off

Translations

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Cordon”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume II (C), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 988, column 2.

Anagrams

• con rod, condor, conrod

French

Etymology

From Old French, equivalent to corde (“rope”) +? -on (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.d??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

cordon m (plural cordons)

1. cord (for connecting)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? German: Kordon
• ? Ottoman Turkish: ???????
  • Turkish: kordon
• ? Polish: kordon
  • ? Russian: ?????? (kordon)
• ? Portuguese: cordão
• ? Romanian: cordon
• ? Spanish: cordón

Further reading

• “cordon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

corde (“rope”) +? -on (diminutive suffix)

Noun

cordon m (oblique plural cordons, nominative singular cordons, nominative plural cordon)

1. bowstring
2. A small piece of rope

Descendants

• Middle French: cordon
  • French: cordon
    • ? German: Kordon
    • ? Ottoman Turkish: ???????
      • Turkish: kordon
    • ? Polish: kordon
      • ? Russian: ?????? (kordon)
    • ? Portuguese: cordão
    • ? Romanian: cordon
    • ? Spanish: cordón
  • ? Middle English: cordon
    • English: cordon

Further reading

• “cordon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cordon.

Noun

cordon n (plural cordoane)

1. belt
2. cord (length of twisted strands)
3. cordon (line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it)

Declension

Derived terms

• cordon ombilical

See also

• centur?, curea

English

Etymology

From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gj?rð, from Proto-Germanic *gerd?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?erd?- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic ???????????????????????? (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???/
• Rhymes: -??(?)?

Noun

girth (countable and uncountable, plural girths)

1. A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
2. The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
3. (informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
   • Addison

     He's a lusty, jolly fellow, that lives well, at least three yards in the girth.

4. A small horizontal brace or girder.
5. The distance measured around an object.
6. (graph theory) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.

Synonyms

• circumference
• cinch

Derived terms

• girthen
• girthful
• girthless
• girthly
• girthsome
• girthy

Translations

Verb

girth (third-person singular simple present girths, present participle girthing, simple past and past participle girthed)

1. To bind as if with a girth or band.

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Anagrams

• grith, right