corba
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
corba f (plural corbes)
- curve (a gentle bend, such as in a road)
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
corba
- feminine singular of corb (“curved”)
- feminine singular of corbo (“hunchbacked (Menorca); knock-kneed (Mallorca)”)
Etymology 2 edit
From corb (“crow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
corba f (plural corbes, masculine corb)
- female crow
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
corba
- inflection of corbar:
Further reading edit
- “corba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “corba”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “corba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
corba f (plural corbe)
- a large wicker basket
- 13th c., “ⅩⅩⅩⅦ. Del Brillo”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise on Agriculture][1], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 270:
- Il Brillo […] fa […] belle verghe, che si colgono nel mese d’Aprile, […] e si sbucciano, e se ne fanno corbe
- The willow has beautiful branches, which are picked in the month of April, and are stripped, and used to make wicker baskets
- (nautical, regional) Synonym of costa
- (historical) a unit of dry measure equivalent to 78.644 m³
Etymology 2 edit
From the obsolete term curva, probably influenced by French courbe.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
corba f (plural corbe)
- (veterinary medicine) an exostosis of the rear margin of a horse's hock
- Synonym: (obsolete) curva
Further reading edit
- còrba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- córba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana