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ord¹

  • /ˈɔːd/ Australia, India, UK
  • /ˈɔːɹd/ Canada, US

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)d

noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of order
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of ordinance
  3. abbreviation, clipping, informal Clipping of ordinary share

ord²

  • /ˈɔːd/ Australia, India, UK
  • /ˈɔːɹd/ Canada, US

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)d

Where it comes from

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 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.

noun ords · orde

  1. UK, dialectal A point.
  2. UK, dialectal A point of origin; a beginning. "[...] But such is life — hard upon hard from ord to end; and if I had not been made of the best of neat-leather, the longer in water the tougher, I would have melted away with my tears long ago!"
  3. UK, dialectal A point of land; a promontory. When a man came from Sutherland into Caithness over the Ord [of Caithness, in the southern tip of the county], he was called an ord-louper .
  4. UK, dialectal The point or edge of a weapon. Saul drew his sword, And ran even upon the ord. — Cursor Mundi.

Ord³

Where it comes from

* As an English surname, from the dialectal noun ord (“point, place”). Compare Ort.

* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, habitational name from Ord in Peeblesshire or Banffshire, from òrd (“hammer”).

* The city in Nebraska is named after Edward O. C. Ord.

* The river in Australia is named after Harry Ord.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A city, the county seat of Valley County, Nebraska, United States.
  3. Two townships in Nebraska, in Antelope County and Valley County.
  4. A civil parish in north Northumberland, England, that includes the settlements of East Ord, Middle Ord, Ord Mains, South Ord and West Ord.
  5. A hamlet near Tarskavaig, Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG6113). From Scottish Gaelic An t-Òrd.
  6. A settlement next to Invergordon, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7170).
  7. A river in Western Australia.

ORD⁴

noun ORDs

  1. Singapore, abbreviation Abbreviation of operationally ready date, the date when a national serviceman finishes his service.

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@misc{ord_2026,
  title = {ord},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ord},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}