corb

See also: còrb

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin corbis (“basket”).

Noun

corb (plural corbs)

1. A basket used in coal mines, etc.; a corf.
2. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Noun

corb m (plural corbs)

1. crow

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /korb/

Noun

corb m (plural corbi)

1. raven (bird)
2. 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

See also

• cioară
• corvid

References

• corb in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)