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cordel

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

Noun

cordel (plural cordels or cordeles)

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

Forms of cordel

pluralcordels
pluralcordeles

Origin of cordel

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.

Questions about cordel

What does cordel mean?
Cordel means spanish chain, a traditional Spanish and Mexican unit of distance equivalent to about 41.9 m.
What part of speech is cordel?
Cordel is a noun.
What is the plural of cordel?
The plural of cordel is cordels.

Words near cordel in the dictionary

  1. cordebecs
  2. cordectomies
  3. cordectomy
  4. corded
  5. Corded Ware
  6. cordel
  7. Cordele
  8. Cordelia
  9. Cordelier
  10. cordeliere
  11. cordelieres

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