corb
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ)b/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editcorb (plural corbs)
- A basket used in coal mines, etc.; a corf.
- (architecture) An ornament in a building; a corbel.
- A brown meagre (Sciaena umbra)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “corb”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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editCatalan
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós. First attested in the 14th century.[1]
Noun
editcorb m (plural corbs, feminine corba)
Etymology 2
editInherited from Latin curvus. Doublet of corbo (“hunchbacked”). First attested in the 14th century.[2]
Adjective
editcorb (feminine corba, masculine plural corbs, feminine plural corbes)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “corb” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- ^ “corb”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- ^ “corb”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading
edit- “corb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “corb” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Megleno-Romanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin corvus.[1]
Noun
editcorb m
References
edit- Atasanov, Petar (1990) Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske
Romanian
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós. Compare Aromanian corbu, Albanian korb, Italian corvo.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcorb m (plural corbi)
- raven (bird)
- 1852, Vasile Alecsandri, Novac și corbul, chapter II, line 14-17:
- Un corb negru, corbișor
Ce zbura încetișor
Și din aripi tot bătea
Și cu jale croncănea.
E-atras de doliul sarcastic
Ce-l poartă aripile tale!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1852, Vasile Alecsandri, Novac și corbul, chapter II, line 14-17:
- brown meagre (fish)
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editSee also
editReferences
edit- corb in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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