English Online Dictionary. What means gordon? What does gordon mean?
Hungarian
Etymology
Uncertain, perhaps from Italian bordon (“a tambourine-like musical instrument with a deep sound”), although the Italian b- to the Hungarian g- assimilation cannot be explained.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡordon]
- Hyphenation: gor‧don
- Rhymes: -on
Noun
gordon (plural gordonok)
- (music, formal) double bass, contrabass
- Synonym: (more common) nagybőgő
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References
Further reading
- (double bass, contrabass): gordon in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
- (strong, dry-stalked weed from whose flowers dye is extracted): gordon in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
- gordon in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkoːrːton/
Verb
gōrdon
- first-person singular imperative of goardit