corrie

See also: Corrie

English

Alternative forms

• correi

Etymology

From Highland Scottish Gaelic, perhaps from Celtic cor ("a corner").

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɹi/
• Rhymes: -ɒɹi

Noun

corrie (plural corries)

1. (Scotland) A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
   • 1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 3.XVI:

     Fleet foot on the correi, / Sage counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray, / How sound is thy slumber!

Synonyms

• cirque

Translations

geographical feature of glaciation

• Finnish: kattilalaakso (fi)
• French: cirque (fr) f
• German: Kar (de) n
• Hungarian: cirkuszvölgy (hu), kárvölgy, kárfülke
• Italian: circo (it) m
• Polish: cyrk lodowcowy (pl) m, kar (pl) m, kocioł (pl) m
• Russian: цирк (ru) m (cirk)
• Scottish Gaelic: coire m
• Welsh: cwm (cy)

Anagrams

• correi, orrice

Scots

Etymology 1

From Scottish Gaelic coire (“caldron”); compare Irish coire.

Noun

corrie (plural corries)

1. a hollow between hills; a cirque on a hillside

Etymology 2

See coorie.

Verb

corrie (third-person singular simple present corries, present participle corriein, simple past corriet, past participle corriet)

1. alternative spelling of coorie (“to stoop; to snuggle”)