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Asturian
Adjective
corsa
- feminine singular of corsu
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
corsa f sg
- feminine singular of cors
Noun
corsa f (plural corses)
- female equivalent of cors
French
Pronunciation
Verb
corsa
- third-person singular past historic of corser
Galician
Adjective
corsa
- feminine singular of corso
Noun
corsa f (plural corsas)
- female equivalent of corso
Italian
Etymology 1
Deverbal formed with the feminine past participle of correre (“to run”).
Pronunciation
Noun
corsa f (plural corse)
- (athletics) run, running
- (sports) race, racing
- Synonym: gara
- trip, journey
- (mechanics) movement (of a pendulum)
- (mechanics) stroke (of a piston)
- (military) privateering
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
corsa f (plural corse)
- female equivalent of corso
Adjective
corsa f sg
- feminine singular of corso (“Corsican”)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόρση (kórsē).
Pronunciation
Noun
corsa f (genitive corsae); first declension
- (architecture) The outer strip in the molding about a door, a girder
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “corsae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- corsa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- corsa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Adjective
corsa
- inflection of corsus:
- nominative/vocative singular feminine
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural neuter
Adjective
corsā
- ablative singular feminine of corsus
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Adjective
corsa f sg
- feminine singular of corso
Noun
corsa f (plural corsas)
- female equivalent of corso
Interjection
corsa
- (dialect, dated) a mild oath
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoɾsa/
- Rhymes: -oɾsa
- Syllabification: cor‧sa
Noun
corsa f (plural corsas)
- female equivalent of corso
Adjective
corsa f sg
- feminine singular of corso