corb

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See also: còrb

English

Etymology

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

corb m (plural corbs, feminine corba)

  1. crow

Etymology 2

From Latin curvus.

Adjective

corb (feminine corba, masculine plural corbs, feminine plural corbes)

  1. curved
    Antonyms: recte, dret
Derived terms

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós. Compare Aromanian corbu, Albanian korb, Italian corvo.

Pronunciation

Noun

corb m (plural corbi)

  1. 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!
  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

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Derived terms

terms derived from corb

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