Standard Lemma guide

chordate

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːdeɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: caudate
  • homophone: cordate
  • US: /ˈkɔːɹdeɪt/
  • homophone: caudate (non-rhotic)

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of such animals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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4

noun

Meaning 4

any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

Narrower terms: cephalochordate, tunicate, urochordate, urochord, vertebrate, craniate

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Translingual Chordata.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: strunowcowy — Translations
  • Russian: хо́рдовый (xórdovyj) — Translations
  • Arabic: حَبْلِيّ (ḥabliyy) — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Burmese: ကော်ဒိတ် (kaudit) — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Catalan: cordat — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Chinese Mandarin: 脊索動物 /脊索动物 (jǐsuǒ dòngwù) — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Corsican: curdatu — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Czech: strunatec — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Dutch: chordadier — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Esperanto: ĥordulo — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Finnish: selkäjänteinen — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • French: chordé — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • German: Chordatier — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Greek: χορδωτό (chordotó) — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Greek: χορδωτά (chordotá) — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Gujarati: રજ્જુપ્રાણી (rajjuprāṇī) — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Hindi: रज्जुप्राणी (rajjuprāṇī) — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Icelandic: seildýr — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Italian: cordato — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Japanese: 脊索動物 (sekisaku dōbutsu) — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Kazakh: хордалы (xordaly) — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Kazakh: желiлi (jelili) — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Korean: 척삭동물 (cheoksakdongmul) — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Latin: chordatum — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Marathi: रज्जुप्राणी (rajjuprāṇī) — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Mongolian: хөвчтөн (xövčtön) — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Nepali: रज्जुप्राणी (rajjuprāṇī) — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Persian: طنابداران — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Polish: strunowiec — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Portuguese: cordado — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Punjabi: ਰੱਜੁਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ (rajjuprāṇī) — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Russian: хо́рдовый (xórdovyj) — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Slovene: strunar — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Spanish: cordado — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Swedish: ryggsträngsdjur — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Tagalog: tayudturan — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Tamil: முதுகுநாணி (mutukunāṇi) — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Turkish: sırt iplikli — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Turkish: kordalı — a member of the phylum Chordata
  • Vietnamese: động vật có dây sống — a member of the phylum Chordata