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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sxɔrs/
- Hyphenation: schors
- Rhymes: -ɔrs
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch scorce, from Old French escorce (modern écorce), itself from Medieval Latin scorcia, from Latin scortea.
Noun
schors f or m (plural schorsen, diminutive schorsje n)
- (botany) outer bark
- any equivalent rind on other plants
- a similar exterior tissue or layer, peel or crust, e.g. on an organ
- (figuratively) one's or something's appearance; a cover
- (by extension) another rough and/or protective exterior or ice
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Etymology 2
From schorsen; cognate with English skirt.
Noun
schors f or m (plural schorsen, diminutive schorsje n)
- (obsolete) An apron
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Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
schors
- inflection of schorsen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- imperative