That name struck a chord.
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Chord
//kɔɹd//
Synonyms for "chord" (102 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (51)
nylon stringpathosperformperpendicularplayplay by earput in tuneradiusradius vectorrelatingrenderresponseresponsivenessright linesecantsegmentseventh chordsharingshortcutside
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sixth chordsound in tunesound togethersteel stringstraightstraight coursestraight linestraight stretchstraightawaystreamlinestringsympathetic chordsympathetic responsesympathysymphonizesynchronizetangenttone downtone uptonic triadtransversaltriadtunetune upunbroken chordvectorvibesvibrationvibrationsvoicewound string
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More general
8 entriesAntonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
64 entriesShowing 16 of 64 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
7 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
171 entriesShowing 16 of 171 words.
Translations
105 translations across 54 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- akord noun (combination of three or more notes)
Arabic
2 entries- اِئْتِلَاف نَغَمَات noun (combination of three or more notes)
- وَتَر noun (combination of three or more notes)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- akkord noun (combination of three or more notes)
- vətər noun (straight line)
Belarusian
1 entries- ако́рд noun (combination of three or more notes)
Bengali
1 entries- জ্যা noun (straight line)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ако́рд noun (combination of three or more notes)
- хо́рда noun (straight line)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 和弦 noun (combination of three or more notes)
- 和音 noun (combination of three or more notes)
- 弦 noun (combination of three or more notes)
- 直線 /直线 noun (straight line)
Czech
2 entries- akord noun (combination of three or more notes)
- tětiva noun (straight line)
Danish
2 entries- akkord noun (combination of three or more notes)
- korde noun (straight line)
Dutch
2 entries- akkoord noun (combination of three or more notes)
- koorde noun (straight line)
Esperanto
4 entries- akordo noun (keyboard shortcut)
- kordo noun (combination of three or more notes)
- ŝnuro noun (straight line)
- ŝnuro noun (distance of a wing's leading and trailing edges)
Estonian
1 entries- akord noun (combination of three or more notes)
Faroese
1 entries- akkord noun (combination of three or more notes)
Finnish
4 entries- jänne noun (straight line)
- jänne noun (horizontal member of a truss)
- jänne noun (distance of a wing's leading and trailing edges)
- sointu noun (combination of three or more notes)
French
2 entries- accord noun (combination of three or more notes)
- corde noun (straight line)
Galician
2 entries- acorde noun (combination of three or more notes)
- corda noun (straight line)
German
4 entries- Akkord noun (combination of three or more notes)
- Profilsehne noun (distance of a wing's leading and trailing edges)
- Sehne noun (straight line)
- Tastenkombination noun (keyboard shortcut)
Greek
4 entries- συγχορδία noun (combination of three or more notes)
- χορδή noun (straight line)
- χορδή noun (horizontal member of a truss)
- χορδή noun (distance of a wing's leading and trailing edges)
Hebrew
1 entries- אָקוֹרְד noun (combination of three or more notes)
Hindi
1 entries- जीवा noun (straight line)
Hungarian
2 entries- akkord noun (combination of three or more notes)
- húr noun (straight line)
Indonesian
2 entries- akor noun (combination of three or more notes)
- tali busur noun (straight line)
Irish
1 entries- corda noun (combination of three or more notes)
Italian
2 entries- accordo noun (combination of three or more notes)
- corda noun (straight line)
Japanese
2 entries- 和音 noun (combination of three or more notes)
- 弦 noun (straight line)
Kannada
1 entries- ಜ್ಯಾ noun (straight line)
Khmer
1 entries- អាគ័រ noun (combination of three or more notes)
Korean
1 entries- 화음 noun (combination of three or more notes)
Latvian
1 entries- stīga noun (combination of three or more notes)
Lithuanian
1 entries- balso stygos noun (combination of three or more notes)
Macedonian
1 entries- акорд noun (combination of three or more notes)
Malay
2 entries- kord noun (combination of three or more notes)
- perentas noun (straight line)
Mongolian
4 entries- аккорд noun (combination of three or more notes)
- найрсахлан noun (combination of three or more notes)
- хам эгшиг noun (combination of three or more notes)
- хөвч noun (straight line)
Māori
2 entries- aho noun (straight line)
- tangiata noun (combination of three or more notes)
Norwegian
3 entries- akkord noun (combination of three or more notes)
- note noun (combination of three or more notes)
- noter noun (combination of three or more notes)
Persian
4 entries- آکورد noun (combination of three or more notes)
- زه noun (combination of three or more notes)
- زه noun (straight line)
- وتر noun (combination of three or more notes)
Polish
2 entries- akord noun (combination of three or more notes)
- cięciwa noun (straight line)
Portuguese
2 entries- acorde noun (combination of three or more notes)
- corda noun (straight line)
Romanian
2 entries- acord noun (combination of three or more notes)
- coardă noun (straight line)
Russian
3 entries- акко́рд noun (combination of three or more notes)
- хо́рда noun (straight line)
- хо́рда noun (distance of a wing's leading and trailing edges)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- akord noun (combination of three or more notes)
- tetiva noun (straight line)
- акорд noun (combination of three or more notes)
- тетива noun (straight line)
Slovak
1 entries- akord noun (combination of three or more notes)
Slovene
1 entries- akord noun (combination of three or more notes)
Spanish
2 entries- acorde noun (combination of three or more notes)
- cuerda noun (straight line)
Swedish
1 entries- ackord noun (combination of three or more notes)
Tagalog
3 entries- akorde noun (combination of three or more notes)
- bagting noun (straight line)
- sanlinigan noun (combination of three or more notes)
Thai
1 entries- คอร์ด noun (combination of three or more notes)
Turkish
2 entries- akor noun (combination of three or more notes)
- kiriş noun (straight line)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ако́рд noun (combination of three or more notes)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئاككورد noun (combination of three or more notes)
Uzbek
1 entries- akkord noun (combination of three or more notes)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hợp âm noun (combination of three or more notes)
Welsh
1 entries- cord noun (combination of three or more notes)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַקאָרד noun (combination of three or more notes)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
That's an odd note grouping for that chord. Try spreading it out over two octaves instead of one.
Source: tatoeba (909956)
Every chord, every harmony, every discordant note fills me with immense joy.
Source: tatoeba (1264832)
I can't quite figure out what that chord around 1:58 is. Can somebody help me out?
Source: tatoeba (1326543)
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