corb
See also: còrb
English
Noun
corb (plural corbs)
- A basket used in coal mines, etc.; a corf.
- (architecture) An ornament in a building; a corbel.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for corb in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós. Compare Aromanian corbu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /korb/
Noun
corb m (plural corbi)
- raven (bird)
- 1852, Vasile Alecsandri, Novac și corbul, chapter II, line 14-17:
- Un corb negru, corbișor
- Ce zbura încetișor
- Și din aripi tot bătea
- Și cu jale croncănea.
- E-atras de doliul sarcastic
- Ce-l poartă aripile tale!
- 1852, Vasile Alecsandri, Novac și corbul, chapter II, line 14-17:
- brown meagre (fish)
Declension
Synonyms
- (bird): cloncan, croncan (popular)
Derived terms
terms derived from corb
- corb-albastru
- corb-de-mare
- corb-de-noapte
- corb la corb nu scoate ochii
- corb nordic
- corbancă
- corbișor, corbușor
- corbiu
- Corbul
- corbuleț
- negru ca corbul, negru ca pana corbului
References
- corb in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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