sordes

See also: Sordes

English

Etymology

From Latin sordes, related to sordere.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːdiːz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoɹdiz/

Noun

sordes pl (plural only)

1. Deposits of dirt or bacteria on the body, discharges; bacterial deposits on the teeth or tongue.
   • 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:

     Fresh sheets, sponging, a spoonful of animal soup, sordes removed from his cracked lips, black in the candlelight.

Descendants

• → Welsh: siwrwd (“fragments”)
• → Welsh: sorod (“dregs”)

Anagrams

• Sedors, Soders, dorses, dosers, dosser, resods, rossed, soders

Asturian

Adjective

sordes

1. feminine plural of sordu

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsor.dəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsoɾ.ðes]

Adjective

sordes

1. feminine plural of sord