different between hoop vs cordon

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ho?op, IPA^(key): /hu?p/
• Rhymes: -u?p

Etymology 1

From Middle English hoop, hoope, from Old English h?p (“mound, raised land; in combination, circular object”), from Proto-Germanic *h?p? (“bend, bow, arch”) (compare Saterland Frisian Houp (“hoop”), Dutch hoep (“hoop”), Old Norse hóp (“bay, inlet”)), from Proto-Indo-European *k?b- (“to bend”) (compare Lithuanian kab? (“hook”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (k?p?, “hill, island”)). More at camp.

Noun

hoop (plural hoops)

1. A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop.

   the cheese hoop, or cylinder in which the curd is pressed in making cheese

3. A circular band of metal, wood, or similar material used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
4. (now chiefly historical) A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies' dresses; (hence, by extension) a hoop petticoat or hoop skirt.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 16:

     He took the removed chair and drew it so near mine, squatting in it with his ugly weight, that he pressed upon my hoop.
5. A quart pot; so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops.
6. (Britain, obsolete) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

7. (basketball) The rim part of a basketball net.
8. (US, in the plural, metonymically) The game of basketball.
9. A hoop earring.
10. (Australia, metonymically, informal, dated) A jockey; from a common pattern on the blouse.
11. (sports, usually in the plural) A horizontal stripe on the jersey
    • 2003 May 21, Barry Glendenning "Minute-by-minute: Celtic 2 - 3 FC Porto (AET)" The Guardian (London):

      Porto are playing from right to left in blue and white stripes, blue shorts and blue socks. Celtic are in their usual green and white hoops, with white shorts and white socks.

    • 2009 June 20, Ian O'Riordan "Tipperary look in better shape" The Irish Times:

      Tipperary v Clare: IF ANYTHING can relight the fire of the old Clare hurling passion it’s the sight of the blue jersey with the gold hoop.

12. (figuratively, usually in the plural) A requirement that must be met in order to proceed.

Derived terms

• hula hoop
• jump through hoops

Translations

Verb

hoop (third-person singular simple present hoops, present participle hooping, simple past and past participle hooped)

1. (transitive) To bind or fasten using a hoop.

2. (transitive) To clasp; to encircle; to surround.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

hoop (plural hoops)

1. A shout; a whoop, as in whooping cough.
2. The hoopoe.

Verb

hoop (third-person singular simple present hoops, present participle hooping, simple past and past participle hooped)

1. (dated) To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
2. (dated) To whoop, as in whooping cough.

Derived terms

• hooping cough
• hooper

Further reading

• hoop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• Pooh, ooph, phoo, pooh

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????p/

Etymology 1

From Dutch hoop, from Middle Dutch hôop, from Old Dutch *h?p, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz.

Noun

hoop (plural hope, diminutive hopie)

1. heap

Derived terms

• ophoop

Etymology 2

From Dutch hoop, from Middle Dutch hope, from Old Dutch *hopa.

Noun

hoop (uncountable)

1. hope

Etymology 3

From Dutch hopen, from Middle Dutch h?pen, from Old Dutch hopon, from Proto-West Germanic *hop?n.

Verb

hoop (present hoop, present participle hopende, past participle gehoop)

1. to hope

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?p/
• Hyphenation: hoop
• Rhymes: -o?p

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hope, from Old Dutch *hopa, from the verb hopon (modern Dutch hopen). Cognate with English hope.

Noun

hoop f (uncountable)

1. A hope, aspiration, wish

Antonyms

• (hope): wanhoop

Derived terms

• hopeloos
• hoopgevend
• hoopvol

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hoop

Verb

hoop

1. first-person singular present indicative of hopen
2. imperative of hopen

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch hôop, from Old Dutch *h?p, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz.

Noun

hoop m (plural hopen, diminutive hoopje n)

1. A pile, heap, stack

   Synonyms: berg, stapel

2. (figuratively) A lot, heaps
3. A pile of manure, faeces
4. A mass.

   Synonym: massa

5. A multitude, a throng.

   Synonyms: drom, massa, menigte, schare

6. (obsolete) A unit of soldiers, a contingent.

Synonyms

• berg
• massa
• stapel

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Papiamentu: hopi

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *h?p, from Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz.

Noun

hôop m

1. heap, pile
2. group of people or animals, troop, herd
3. meeting

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• hôpen

Descendants

• Dutch: hoop
• Limburgish: houp

Further reading

• “hoop”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “hoop (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

West Frisian

Etymology

See hoopje (“to hope”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho?p/

Noun

hoop n (no plural)

1. hope

Alternative forms

• hope

Further reading

• “hoop”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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