corba

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See also: CORBA, corbà, çorba, and čorba

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin curvus.

Pronunciation

Noun

corba f (plural corbes)

  1. curve (a gentle bend, such as in a road)
Alternative forms

Adjective

corba

  1. feminine singular of corb (“curved”)
  2. feminine singular of corbo (“hunchbacked (Menorca); knock-kneed (Mallorca)”)

Etymology 2

From corb (“crow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

corba f (plural corbes, masculine corb)

  1. female crow

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

corba

  1. inflection of corbar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin corbis (“basket”).

Pronunciation

Noun

corba f (plural corbe)

  1. a large wicker basket
    • 13th c., “ⅩⅩⅩⅦ. Del Brillo”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise on Agriculture]‎, translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 270:
      Il Brillo […] fa […] belle verghe, che si colgono nel mese d’Aprile, […] e si sbucciano, e se ne fanno corbe
      The willow has beautiful branches, which are picked in the month of April, and are stripped, and used to make wicker baskets
  2. (nautical, regional) Synonym of costa
  3. (historical) a unit of dry measure equivalent to 78.644 m³

Etymology 2

From the obsolete term curva, probably influenced by French courbe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkor.ba/
  • Rhymes: -orba
  • Hyphenation: cór‧ba

Noun

corba f (plural corbe)

  1. (veterinary medicine) an exostosis of the rear margin of a horse's hock
    Synonym: (obsolete) curva

Further reading

  • còrba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • córba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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