cort

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See also: чёрт

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cōrtem, from cohors, cohortem. Compare Occitan cort, French court. Doublet of cohort, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

cort f (plural corts)

  1. pen, stable, sty (enclosure for livestock)
  2. (by extension) sty (dirty place)
  3. court (residence of a sovereign)
  4. court (body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign)
  5. court, courthouse (place where justice is administered)
    Synonym: tribunal
  6. court (tribunal established for the administration of justice)
    Synonym: tribunal

Derived terms

Further reading

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin curtus.

Adjective

cort

  1. short

Middle English

Noun

cort

  1. alternative form of court

Old French

Etymology

From Latin cōrtem, earlier cohortem.

Pronunciation

Noun

cort oblique singular, f (oblique plural corz or cortz, nominative singular cort, nominative plural corz or cortz)

  1. court (of a monarch)

Descendants

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

cort f (plural cortes)

  1. apocopic form of corte; court (retinue of a monarch)
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 51v:
      e fue reẏ de tr̃a de iudea. ⁊ de tr̃a de isrꝉ. e de ihrꝉm e de ſamaria e fazia cadaun dia grãt eſpenſa e tenia g̃nt cort.
      And he was king of the land of Judah and of the land of Israel, and of Jerusalem and of Samaria. And every day he incurred great expense and had a numerous court.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek κόρτη (kórti), ultimately from Latin cors or cohors. Doublet of the inherited curte, as well as the later borrowing cohortă.

Noun

cort n (plural corturi)

  1. tent

Declension

Declension of cort
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative cort cortul corturi corturile
genitive-dative cort cortului corturi corturilor
vocative cortule corturilor

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English cord.

Noun

cort m (plural cyrt or cyrts, diminutive cortyn or corten)

  1. cord

Mutation

Mutated forms of cort
radical soft nasal aspirate
cort gort nghort chort

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cort”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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