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horde
English
Etymology
Recorded in English since 1555. From Middle French horde, from German Horde, from Polish horda, from Russian ???? (orda, “horde", 'clan, troop'”), probably from Kipchak Turkic (compare Tatar ???? (urda, “horde”)), from Proto-Turkic *or- (“army, place of staying of the army, ruler etc.”). Cognates include Turkish ordu (“camp, army”), Mongolian ??? (ord, “court, castle, royal compound, camp, horde”), Kalmyk ???? (orda) and English Urdu.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hôd, IPA(key): /h??d/
- (General American) enPR: hôrd, IPA(key): /h??d/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: h?rd, IPA(key): /ho(?)?d/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ho?d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
- Homophones: hoard, whored
Noun
horde (plural hordes)
- A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
- A large number of people or things.
- We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.
- 1907, Jack London, Before Adam, page Chapter IV
- It is true, the more progressive members of our horde lived in the caves above the river.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
horde (third-person singular simple present hordes, present participle hording or hordeing, simple past and past participle horded)
- to travel en masse, to flock
Usage notes
- Sometimes confused with hoard.
Anagrams
- Herod, Rhode, Rohde
Danish
Etymology
From German Horde.
Noun
horde c (singular definite horden, plural indefinite horder)
- horde
Inflection
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???rd?/
- Hyphenation: hor?de
- Rhymes: -?rd?
Etymology 1
Noun
horde f (plural horden or hordes, diminutive hordetje n)
- A horde
- A troop of boy scouts, comprising no more than 24 cubs
Etymology 2
Noun
horde f (plural horden, diminutive hordetje n)
- A gross sieve
- A hurdle
Derived terms
- hordeloop
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
French
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /??d/
Noun
horde f (plural hordes)
- A horde
Further reading
- “horde” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hord.
Noun
horde
- Alternative form of hord
Etymology 2
From Old English hordian.
Verb
horde
- Alternative form of horden
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Horde
Noun
horde m (definite singular horden, indefinite plural horder, definite plural hordene)
- a horde
References
- “horde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Upper Sorbian
Adjective
horde
- inflection of hordy:
- neuter nominative/accusative singular
- nominative/accusative plural
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gathering
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æ.ð?.???/
Etymology 1
From Middle English gadering, from Old English gaderung (“gathering, assembly”), equivalent to gather +? -ing (verbal noun ending).
Noun
gathering (plural gatherings)
- A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
- A group of people or things.
- (bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
- A charitable contribution; a collection.
- (medicine) A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
Translations
Further reading
- gathering on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Section (bookbinding) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Middle English gaderynge, equivalent to gather +? -ing (present participle ending).
Verb
gathering
- present participle of gather
Adjective
gathering (not comparable)
- That gathers together
Derived terms
- data-gathering
- evidence-gathering
Anagrams
- nightgear
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