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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
korba f
- truckbed
- (informal) muscleman
Declension
Declension of korba (hard feminine mixed-reducible)
Further reading
- “korba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “korba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
kor + -ba
Pronunciation
Noun
korba
- illative singular of kor
Laz
Noun
korba
- Latin spelling of ქორბა (korba)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kurbe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔr.ba/
- Rhymes: -ɔrba
- Syllabification: kor‧ba
Noun
korba f (diminutive korbka)
- crank (bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an arm attached to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation)
- winch, windlass (mechanical device that is used to pull in wind or let wind out or otherwise adjust the tension of a rope or wire rope)
- (colloquial) an active, resourceful person
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- korba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- korba in Polish dictionaries at PWN