gordon

gordon

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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)

  1. (music, formal) double bass, contrabass
    Synonym: (more common) nagybőgő

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Further reading

  • (double bass, contrabass): gordon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (strong, dry-stalked weed from whose flowers dye is extracted): gordon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkoːrːton/

Verb

gōrdon

  1. first-person singular imperative of goardit

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