corte
See also: Corte, corté, and чёрте
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin cōrtem, accusative of cōrs, shortened version of Latin cohors (“court; enclosure”).
Noun
corte f (plural cortes)
- court
- courtyard
Noun
corte m (plural cortes)
- cut, haircut
- cutter
Galician
Etymology 1
Back-formation from cortar or either borrowed from Spanish corte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔɾte̝/
Noun
corte m (plural cortes)
- a cut
- a cutting edge
Etymology 2
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese corte (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cōrtem, accusative of cōrs, shortened version of Latin cohors (“court; enclosure”). The traditional meaning, stable, is already attested in 10th century, in local Medieval Latin documents. The meaning Royal court is attested in the 13th century.
Vaca na corte, Giovanni Segantini
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoɾte̝/
Noun
corte f (plural cortes)
- stable
- 1278, J. I. Fernández de Viana y Vieites (ed.), Colección diplomática del monasterio de Santa María de Pantón. Lugo: Deputación, page 36:
- e fagades y casas alí hu deven a estar, celeyro e coziña e corte, e estas casas deven a seer feytas en estes quatro anos primeiros que veẽ.
- and you should build there houses, a barn, kitchen and stable; and this houses must be build during the next four years
- e fagades y casas alí hu deven a estar, celeyro e coziña e corte, e estas casas deven a seer feytas en estes quatro anos primeiros que veẽ.
- 1278, J. I. Fernández de Viana y Vieites (ed.), Colección diplomática del monasterio de Santa María de Pantón. Lugo: Deputación, page 36:
- court (the residence of a sovereign)
- (figurative, dated) the government
- (in the plural) the parliament
Derived terms
- cortello (“pigsty”)
- Cortes
- cortiña (“small walled plot of farmland”)
References
- “corte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “corte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “corte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “corte” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “corte” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin cōrtem, shortened version of Latin cohors (“court; enclosure”). Doublet of the borrowing coorte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkor.te/
- Rhymes: -orte
- Hyphenation: cór‧te
Noun
corte f (plural corti)
- courtyard
- court
Derived terms
- corte marziale
- cortigiana
Further reading
- corte in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- corte in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- corte in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- corte in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- corte in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- corte in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- certo, recto, torce
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkoːr.te/, [ˈkoːrt̪ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkor.te/, [ˈkɔrt̪e]
Noun
cōrte
- ablative singular of cōrs
Middle English
Noun
corte
- Alternative form of court
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Deverbal from cortar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkɔh.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɾ.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈkɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkɔχ.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɻ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɾ.t(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: cor‧te
Noun
corte m (plural cortes)
- cut
- the act of cutting
- O corte tem de ser preciso. ― The cut needs to be precise.
- visible result of a cut (e.g. a wound or damage to an object)
- Tenho um corte no meu dedo! ― I have a cut on my finger!
- haircut
- Esse é um corte elegante. ― That is an elegant cut.
- (finance) reduction in expenses
- Cortes serão necessários para evitar prejuízo. ― Cuts will be necessary to avoid loss.
- the act of cutting
- cutting edge
- Esta faca tem um bom corte. ― This knife has a good cutting edge.
- (fashion) a particular style or way certain pieces are made
- corte inglês ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Synonym: talhe
- suspension (the act of stopping a habitual activity or the flow of something)
- Se não pagar a companhia, sofrerá corte de energia. ― If you don't pay the company, you will experience power suspension.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:corte.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkɔh.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɾ.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈkɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkɔχ.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɻ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɾ.t(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: cor‧te
Verb
corte
- inflection of cortar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Etymology 3
From Old Portuguese corte, from Latin cōrtem, accusative of cōrs, shortened version of Latin cohors (“court; enclosure”). Doublet of coorte, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkoʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkoh.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈkoɾ.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈkoʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkoχ.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkoɻ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkoɾ.t(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: cor‧te
Noun
corte f (plural cortes)
- a court
- stable
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:corte.
Alternative forms
- côrte (obsolete)
Further reading
- “corte” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “corte” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “corte” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “corte” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “corte” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoɾte/ [ˈkoɾ.t̪e]
Audio (Latin America) (file) - Rhymes: -oɾte
- Syllabification: cor‧te
Etymology 1
From cortar (“to cut”).
Noun
corte m (plural cortes)
- cut (the act of cutting)
- cut (the result of cutting)
- cut (an opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound)
- Synonym: (Latin America) cortada
- haircut
- embarrassment
- Me da corte hacerlo.
- I'm embarrassed to do it.
- style or type
- Hay varios cortes de mediocampista. Necesitamos un mediocampista de corte defensivo, un jugador con un corte parecido al del ghanés Thomas Partey.
- There are many types of midfielder. We need a defensive-type midfielder, a player with a style similar to that of Ghana's Thomas Partey.
- cross-section
- 1993, Francisco Carrasco Cantos, Geología de la Cueva de Nerja:
- En este trabajo se incluye un mapa geológico que se ha realizado exclusivamente para esta publicación y una serie de cortes geológicos que nos ponen de manifiesto la estructura geológica de la región
- This work contains a geological map made exclusively for this publication and a series of geological cross-sections that explain the geological structure of the region.
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Derived terms
- alicates de corte
- corte de manga
- corte de mangas
- corte de pelo
- corte militar
- corte superior
- hacer la corte
- nota de corte
- toma corte
Related terms
- corto
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
corte
- inflection of cortar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Etymology 3
From Latin cōrtem, accusative of cōrs, shortened version of Latin cohors (“court; enclosure”). Doublet of the borrowed cohorte.
Noun
corte f (plural cortes)
- court (the hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered)
Derived terms
- corte de apelación
- corte de casación
- corte marcial
- cortesana
- cortesano
- corte suprema
Descendants
- → Cebuano: korte
- → Tagalog: korte
- → Yogad: korte
Further reading
- “corte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- cetro, recto, troce, trocé
Tarantino
Etymology
From Latin curtus.
Adjective
corte
- short