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kordon

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See also: Kordon

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: kor‧don

Etymology 1

From English cordon, from Middle English cordon, from Middle French cordon, diminutive of corde.

Noun

kordon

  1. a cordon; a line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it

Verb

kordon

  1. to cordon off

Etymology 2

From Spanish cordón, borrowed from French cordon.

Noun

kordon

  1. lace

Esperanto

Noun

kordon

  1. accusative singular of kordo

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkordon]
  • Hyphenation: kor‧don
  • Rhymes: -on

Etymology 1

Noun

kordon (plural kordonok)

  1. cordon (a line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it)
  2. police line
Declension
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More information possessor, single possession ...
Derived terms
  • kordonoz
Compound words
  • kordonbontás
  • kordonkötél
  • kordonművelés
  • kordonoszlop
  • kordonszalag
  • rendőrkordon

Etymology 2

kord (corduroy) + -on (on, case suffix)

Noun

kordon

  1. superessive singular of kord

Further reading

  • kordon in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French cordon.

Pronunciation

Noun

kordon m inan (related adjective kordonowy)

  1. (law enforcement, military) cordon (line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it)
  2. (law enforcement, military) cordon (string of military, police, or border guard posts set up along the state border)

Declension

Descendants

  • Russian: кордо́н (kordón)
  • Ukrainian: кордо́н (kordón)

Further reading

  • kordon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kordon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوردون (kordon), from French cordon.

Pronunciation

Noun

kordon (definite accusative kordonu, plural kordonlar)

  1. cordon

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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