cork

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Inglese

Sostantivo

cork sing (pl.: corks)

  1. sughero
  2. tappo (di bottiglia, di sughero o altro materiale)
  3. (botanica) (propriamente cork oak) quercia sughera, Quercus suber

Verbo

Transitivo

cork (vai alla coniugazione) (3ª persona sing. presente corks, participio presente corking, passato semplice e participio passato corked)

  1. tappare, turare
  2. annerire (in particolare annerire qualcosa con i residui di carbonella)

Pronuncia

  • IPA: /ˈkɔːk/

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Etimologia / Derivazione

dallo spagnolo alquorque, ovvero "sughero", "corteccia"; a sua volta di possibile origine araba ma probabilmente influenzato dal latino quercus, "quercia"

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