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cordel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
cordel
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Spanish chain, a traditional Spanish and Mexican unit of distance equivalent to about 41.9 m.

Etymology

From Spanish cordel (“surveying rope, 50 varas”), from Catalan cordell (“cord, string”), from Vulgar Latin *cordellus (“little rope”), from Latin chorda (“rope, cord”) + -ellus (“-elle: forming diminutives”). Equivalent to cord + -el.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

cordels (plural) cordeles (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

vara (1⁄50 cordel) estado (1⁄25 cordel) legua (100 cordeles)

Questions

What does cordel mean?
Spanish chain, a traditional Spanish and Mexican unit of distance equivalent to about 41.9 m.
Where does cordel come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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