See also: чёрт

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin cōrtem, from cohors, cohortem. Compare Occitan cort, French court. Doublet of cohort, a borrowing.

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Noun

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cort f (plural corts)

  1. pen, stable, sty (enclosure for livestock)
  2. (by extension) sty (dirty place)
  3. court (residence of a sovereign)
  4. court (body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign)
  5. court, courthouse (place where justice is administered)
    Synonym: tribunal
  6. court (tribunal established for the administration of justice)
    Synonym: tribunal

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Dalmatian

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Etymology

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From Latin curtus.

Adjective

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cort

  1. short

Middle English

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Noun

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cort

  1. Alternative form of court

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin cōrtem, earlier cohortem.

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Noun

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cort oblique singularf (oblique plural corz or cortz, nominative singular cort, nominative plural corz or cortz)

  1. court (of a monarch)
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Descendants

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  • French: cour
  • Middle English: court, cort, corte, cortt, courte, curt, curth

Old Spanish

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Noun

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cort f (plural cortes)

  1. Apocopic form of corte; court (retinue of a monarch)
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 51v:
      [] e fue reẏ de tr̃a de iudea. ⁊ de tr̃a de isrꝉ. e de ihrꝉm e de ſamaria e fazia cadaun dia grãt eſpenſa e tenia g̃nt cort.
      [] And he was king of the land of Judah and of the land of Israel, and of Jerusalem and of Samaria. And every day he incurred great expense and had a numerous court.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Greek κόρτη (kórti), ultimately from Latin cors or cohors. Doublet of the inherited curte, as well as the later borrowing cohortă.

Noun

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cort n (plural corturi)

  1. tent

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative cort cortul corturi corturile
genitive-dative cort cortului corturi corturilor
vocative cortule corturilor