corbeille

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French corbeille.

Noun

corbeille (plural corbeilles)

1. A decorative basket.
2. (historical) A basket of clothing and accessories given as part of the dowry from groom to bride.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin corbicula, diminutive of Latin corbis (“basket”), probably from Frankish *korb, from Proto-Germanic *kurbaz, *krebô (“basket”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“bundle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.bɛj/

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• Rhymes: -ɛj

Noun

corbeille f (plural corbeilles)

1. wicker basket
2. trash can
3. (computing) trash, recycle bin

Descendants

• → English: corbeille

Further reading

• “corbeille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.