ord

or + -d

aengl. ahd. ord "Ort",

From Old Swedish orþ, from Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːrd/, [ˈuːɖ]

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Noun

ord n (plural ord, definite singular ordet, definite plural orden)

1. (linguistics) word; A distinct unit of language (sounds in speech or written letters) with a particular meaning, composed of one or more morphemes, and also of one or more phonemes that determine its sound pattern.
2. Something promised.
3. (computing) A numerical value with a bit width native to the machine.