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cordon en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈkɔː(ɹ)dən/

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

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cordons Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

sanitary cordon

Translations (22)

ru кордо́н (line of people or things placed around an area) · bg кордо́н (line of people or things placed around an area) · sv snöre (ribbon) · mi aukati (ribbon) · ru ле́нта (ribbon) · be кардо́н (line of people or things placed around an area) · sv kordong (line of people or things placed around an area) · ro cordon (line of people or things placed around an area) · sv snodd (ribbon) · uk кордо́н (line of people or things placed around an area) · bg шири́т (ribbon) · sv ordensband (ribbon) · hu zsinór (ribbon) · hu kordon (line of people or things placed around an area) · sv kedja (line of people or things placed around an area) · sv prydnadsband (ribbon) · sv kordong (ribbon) · ga ribín ridireachta (ribbon) · sv band (ribbon) · de Kordon (ribbon) · de Kordon (line of people or things placed around an area) · pt cordão (line of people or things placed around an area)

cordon en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈkɔː(ɹ)dən/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (transitive) Synonym of cordon off.
    • Strong detachments of infantry instead of gendarmes cordoned the streets leading to the Lycée. 1899, William Harding, Dreyfus: the Prisoner of Devil's Island, page 121:

Forms

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cordons Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cordoning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cordoned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cordoned Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

cordon off