corb

corb

See also: còrb

English

Etymology

Latin corbis (“basket”).

Noun

corb (plural corbs)

1. A basket used in coal mines, etc.; a corf.
2. (architecture) An ornament in a building; a corbel.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for corb in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

• CBOR, COBR, RBOC

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾp/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrp/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós. First attested in the 14th century.[1]

Noun

corb m (plural corbs, feminine corba)

1. crow

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin curvus. Doublet of corbo (“hunchbacked”). First attested in the 14th century.[2]

Adjective

corb (feminine corba, masculine plural corbs, feminine plural corbes)

1. curved

   Antonyms: recte, dret

Derived terms

• corba

Related terms

• corbar
• encorbar

Related terms

• curvatura

References

• “corb” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

References

1. “corb”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
2. “corb”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Further reading

• “corb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “corb” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós. Compare Aromanian corbu, Albanian korb, Italian corvo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /korb/

Noun

corb m (plural corbi)

1. raven (bird)
   • 1852, Vasile Alecsandri, Novac și corbul, chapter II, line 14-17:

     Un corb negru, corbișor

     Ce zbura încetișor

     Și din aripi tot bătea

     Și cu jale croncănea.

     E-atras de doliul sarcastic

     Ce-l poartă aripile tale!

2. brown meagre (fish)

Declension

Declension of corb

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) corb	corbul	(niște) corbi	corbii
genitive/dative	(unui) corb	corbului	(unor) corbi	corbilor
vocative	corbule		corbilor

Synonyms

• (bird): cloncan, croncan (popular)

Derived terms

terms derived from corb

• corb-albastru
• corb-de-mare
• corb-de-noapte
• corb la corb nu scoate ochii
• corb nordic
• corbancă
• corbișor, corbușor
• corbiu
• Corbul
• corbuleț
• negru ca corbul, negru ca pana corbului

Related terms

• corac
• coraciiforme
• coraco-
• coracoid

See also

• cioară
• corvid

References

• corb in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)