ford

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English

Alternative forms

• foorth (obsolete, [14th century])

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fōrd, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).

Doublet of firth, fjord, and fjard, all via Old Norse; and port, distantly via Latin. Cognate with Low German Föörd, Dutch voord, German Furt, Norwegian and Danish fjord. See also forth and Persian پل (pol, “bridge”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɔːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɔɹd/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /fo(ː)ɹd/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /foəd/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d

Noun

ford (plural fords)

1. A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.

   Synonym: water-splash
2. A stream; a current.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

ford (third-person singular simple present fords, present participle fording, simple past and past participle forded)

1. To cross a stream by walking through it.
   • 2016, Bruce McClure and Deborah Byrd, "EarthSky's meteor shower guide for 2016" in earthsky.org, [2]

     Some who witnessed the 1966 Leonid meteor storm said they felt as if they needed to grip the ground, so strong was the impression of Earth plowing along through space, fording the meteoroid stream.

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Translations

Anagrams

• dorf

Old Cornish

Etymology

from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz

Noun

ford

1. path, way
   • c. 1200, Latin-Old Cornish Glossary in British Library MS Cotton Vespasian A XIV, folio 9 verso:

Old English

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz (“ford”).

Cognate with Old Frisian ford, Old Saxon ford, and Old Dutch ford, Old High German furt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ford/, [forˠd]

Noun

ford m

1. ford

Declension

Strong u-stem:

Strong a-stem:

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Descendants

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔrd/

Noun

ford

1. soft mutation of bord

Mutation