corb

See also: còrb

English

Etymology

Latin corbis (“basket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ)b/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

corb (plural corbs)

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

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• CBOR, COBR, RBOC

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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.

Adjective

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

1. curved

   Antonyms: recte, dret

Derived terms

• corba

Related terms

• corbar
• curvatura
• encorbar

References

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

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.

Megleno-Romanian

Alternative forms

• cuărb, cuorb, corbu

Etymology

Inherited from Latin corvus.

Noun

corb m

1. raven

References

• Atasanov, Petar (1990) Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited 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!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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)