corb

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See also: còrb

English

Etymology

From Latin corbis (“basket”).

Pronunciation

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. crow

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin curvus. Doublet of corbo (“hunchbacked”). First attested in the 14th century.

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, 2025.
  2. ^ “corb”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

Further reading

Megleno-Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin corvus.

Noun

corb m

  1. raven

References

  • Atasanov, Petar (1990) Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske
  1. ^ https://www.dex.ro/corb

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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)

Declension

Declension of corb
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative corb corbul corbi corbii
genitive-dative corb corbului corbi corbilor
vocative corbule corbilor

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References

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