"ord" meaning in English

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Noun

Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} ord
  1. Abbreviation of order. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: order
    Sense id: en-ord-en-noun-XWY4M0jE
  2. (law) Abbreviation of ordinance. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: ordinance Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-ord-en-noun--MJinn~L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: ords [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d Etymology: From Middle English ord (“point, point of a weapon, beginning”), from Old English ord (“point, spear-point, spear, source, beginning, front, vanguard”), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), of obscure origin (see *uzdaz). Cognate with Middle English ord, North Frisian od (“tip, place, beginning”), Dutch oord (“place, region”), German Ort (“location, place, position”), Danish od (“a point”), Swedish udd (“a point, prick”), Icelandic oddur (“tip, point of a weapon, leader”). See also odd. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ord|t=point, point of a weapon, beginning}} Middle English ord (“point, point of a weapon, beginning”), {{inh|en|ang|ord||point, spear-point, spear, source, beginning, front, vanguard}} Old English ord (“point, spear-point, spear, source, beginning, front, vanguard”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*oʀd}} Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*uzdaz|t=point}} Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), {{m|gem-pro|*uzdaz}} *uzdaz, {{cog|enm|ord}} Middle English ord, {{cog|frr|od||tip, place, beginning}} North Frisian od (“tip, place, beginning”), {{cog|nl|oord||place, region}} Dutch oord (“place, region”), {{cog|de|Ort||location, place, position}} German Ort (“location, place, position”), {{cog|da|od||a point}} Danish od (“a point”), {{cog|sv|udd||a point, prick}} Swedish udd (“a point, prick”), {{cog|is|oddur||tip, point of a weapon, leader}} Icelandic oddur (“tip, point of a weapon, leader”), {{m|en|odd}} odd Head templates: {{en-noun}} ord (plural ords)
  1. (now chiefly UK dialectal) A point. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-ord-en-noun-sPjWIn5- Categories (other): British English
  2. (now chiefly UK dialectal) A point of origin; a beginning. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-ord-en-noun-ZI76LQQ~ Categories (other): British English
  3. (now chiefly UK dialectal) A point of land; a promontory. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-ord-en-noun-6Gp8wCDd Categories (other): British English
  4. (now chiefly UK dialectal) The point or edge of a weapon. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-ord-en-noun-x6gnK03K Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: orde Derived forms: odds and ends
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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