ford
pronunciation
How to pronounce ford in British English:
UK [fɔ:d]
How to pronounce ford in American English:
US [fɔrd]
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- Noun:
- a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
- the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
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- Verb:
- cross a river where it's shallow
Word Origin
- ford
- ford: [OE] Ford is an ancient word, whose origins can be traced back as far as prehistoric Indo- European *prtús, a derivative of *por- ‘going, passage’, which also produced English fare and ferry. Descendants of *prtús include Latin portus ‘harbour’ (source of English port), Welsh rhyd ‘ford’, West Germanic *furduz (whence German furt ‘ford’ and English ford) and North Germanic *ferthuz (source of English fiord or fjord [17] and firth [15]).=> fare, ferry, fiord, firth, fjord, ford, port
- ford (v.)
- "to cross a body of water by walking on the bottom," 1610s, from ford (n.). Related: Forded; fording.
- ford (n.)
- Old English ford "shallow place where water can be crossed," from Proto-Germanic *furduz (cognates: Old Frisian forda, Old High German furt, German Furt "ford"), from PIE *prtu- "a going, a passage" (cognates: Latin portus "harbor," originally "entrance, passage;" Old Welsh rit, Welsh rhyd "ford;" Old English faran "to go;" see port (n.1)). The line of automobiles (company founded 1903) is named for U.S. manufacturer Henry Ford (1863-1947).
Example
- 1. The first company to find out will be ford .
- 2. Thus , what 's going to happen to ford ?
- 3. Ford and hyundai have similar initiatives .
- 4. He reports directly to chancellor deborah ford .
- 5. But ford is making more rapid progress .