English-French translations for cord

• corde
  M. Santer a mis une robe de bure, avec une ceinture en corde de boeuf britannique. Mr Santer donned a penitent's robe with a cord of British leather.
• cordon
  Les cellules souches de sang de cordon sont un exemple des progrès qui ont été accomplis. Cord blood stem cells are one example of where progress has been made.
  Madame le Commissaire, vous parliez des cellules provenant du sang du cordon ombilical et de leur stockage. Commissioner, you spoke about umbilical cord blood cells and about their storage.
  Faut-il à ce moment faire un cordon sanitaire qui fait qu'il n'y ait pas de dialogue. Do we now need to erect a cordon sanitaire, which effectively means there will be no dialogue?
• ficelle
• cable

Definition of cord

• A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns of fiber ; such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity
• A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper , or other appliance
• Any influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord
• Any structure having the appearance of a cord, especially a tendon or nerve
• : musical sense
• To furnish with cords
• To flatten a book during binding

Examples

• The burglar tied up the victim with a cord
• He looped some cord around his fingers
• spermatic cord; spinal cord; umbilical cord; vocal cords

Related words

• record
• accordion
• accord
• cordial
• recorder
• accordance
• cordate
• cordially
• concord