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 Middle French corbeille, from Old French corbeille, corbeil, corbele, curbeyle, 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.