corb

See also: còrb

English

Etymology

Latin corbis (“basket”).

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Anagrams

RBOC

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾp/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrp/

Noun

corb m (plural corbs)

crow

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós. Compare Aromanian corbu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /korb/

Noun

corb m (plural corbi)

raven (bird)
brown meagre (fish)

Declension

declension of corb

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) corb	corbul	(niște) corbi	corbii
genitive/dative	(unui) corb	corbului	(unor) corbi	corbilor
vocative	corbule		corbilor

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

Related terms

corac
coraciiforme
coraco-
coracoid

References

corb in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2018

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