corb
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ)b/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
corb (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)
Catalan
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós. First attested in the 14th century.[1]
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin curvus. Doublet of corbo (“hunchbacked”). First attested in the 14th century.[2]
Derived terms
References
- “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
- “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
Alternative forms
- cuărb, cuorb, corbu
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)
- 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)
Declension
Derived terms
- corb-albastru
- corb-de-mare
- corb-de-noapte
- corb la corb nu scoate ochii
- corb nordic
- corbancă
- corbișor, corbușor
- corbiu
- Corbul
- corbuleț
- negru ca corbul, negru ca pana corbului
Related terms
- corac
- coraciiforme
- coraco-
- coracoid
References
- corb in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)