corb

See also: còrb

English

Etymology

Latin corbis (basket).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ)b/
  • (file)

Noun

corb (plural corbs)

  1. A basket used in coal mines, etc.; a corf.
  2. (architecture) An ornament in a building; a corbel.
  3. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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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Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós. First attested in the 14th century.[1]

Noun

corb m (plural corbs, feminine corba)

  1. crow

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin curvus. Doublet of corbo (hunchbacked). First attested in the 14th century.[2]

Adjective

corb (feminine corba, masculine plural corbs, feminine plural corbes)

  1. curved
    Antonyms: recte, dret
Derived terms

References

  • “corb” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  1. corb”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  2. corb”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

Megleno-Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin corvus[1].

Noun

corb m

  1. raven

References

  • Atasanov, Petar (1990) Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós. Compare Aromanian corbu, Albanian korb, Italian corvo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /korb/

Noun

corb m (plural corbi)

  1. 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)
  2. brown meagre (fish)

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