coral

See also Coral

English

Wikipedia

Eunicella cavolinii (1), (2)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοράλλιον (korallion, “coral”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɹəl

Noun

coral (countable and uncountable; plural corals)

1. (uncountable) A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps.
2. (countable) A colony of marine polyps.
3. (countable) A somewhat yellowish pink colour, the colour of red coral.

   coral colour:

Translations

substance

• Arabic: مرجان (ar) (marjaan) m
• Bulgarian: корал (bg) (koral) m 
• Burmese: သန္တာ (my) (than-da)
• Catalan: corall (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 珊瑚 (cmn) (shānhú)

  Min Nan: 珊瑚 (nan) (suan-ôo)

• Czech: korál (cs) m
• Dutch: koraal (nl) n
• Esperanto: koralo (eo)
• Finnish: koralli (fi)
• French: corail (fr) m
• Georgian: მარჯანი (ka) (marǰani) 
• German: Koralle (de) f
• Greek: κοράλλι (el) (korálli) n 
• Hawaiian: puna

• Hebrew: אַלְמֹג (he) (almóg) m
• Hindi: मूंगा (hi) (mūṅgā)
• Italian: corallo (it) m
• Japanese: 珊瑚 (ja) (さんご, sango); (biology) サンゴ (ja) (さんご, sango)
• Korean: 산호 (ko) (sanho) (珊瑚 (ko))
• Latin: corallium (la) n
• Latvian: korallis (lv) m
• Lithuanian: koralas (lt) m
• Malagasy: haran-dranomasina (mg)
• Malay: batu karang (ms)
• Persian: مرجان (fa) (marjân)
• Polish: koral (pl) m, koralowina (pl) f
• Russian: коралл (ru) (koráll) m 
• Thai: ปะการัง (th) (bpàgaarang)
• Turkish: mercan (tr)
• Vietnamese: san hô (vi) (珊瑚 (vi))

colony

• Arabic: مرجان (ar) (marjaan) m
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: корал (bg) (koral) m 
• Burmese: သန္တာ (my) (than-da)
• Catalan: corall (ca) m
• Czech: korál (cs) m
• Danish: koral (da) c
• Dutch: koraal (nl) n, koraalrif (nl) n
• Esperanto: koralo
• Estonian: korall (et)
• Finnish: koralli (fi)
• French: corail (fr) m
• Georgian: მარჯანი (ka) (marǰani) 
• German: Korallenriff (de) n
• Greek: κοράλλι (el) (korálli) n 
• Hawaiian: koʻa, ʻākoʻakoʻa

• Hebrew: אַלְמוֹג (he) (almóg) m
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 珊瑚礁 (ja) (さんごしょう, sango-shō)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: korallis (lv) m
• Lithuanian: koralų rifas (lt) m, koralinis rifas (lt) m
• Malay: batu karang (ms)
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: مرجان (fa)
• Polish: koralowiec (pl) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: коралл (ru) (koráll) m , коралловый риф (ru) (korállovyj rif) m 
• Spanish: coral (es) m
• Thai: ปะการัง (th) (bpàgaarang)
• Turkish: mercan (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

colour

• Catalan: de (ca) color (ca) m corall (ca), coral·lí
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 珊瑚色, simpl. 珊瑚色 (shānhúsè)

• Dutch: koraalrood (nl) n
• Estonian: sügavroosa (et)
• Georgian: მარჯნისფერი (ka) (marǰnisp'eri) 
• German: koralle (de)
• Greek: κοραλλί (el) (korallí) 

• Japanese: 珊瑚色 (ja) (さんごいろ, sango-iro)
• Korean: 산호색 (ko)
• Lithuanian: koralų spalva (lt) f
• Malay: batu karang (ms)
• Portuguese: coral (pt) m
• Russian: коралловый (ru) (korállovyj) 
• Thai: กัลปังหา (th) (gan-bpang-hăa)

Adjective

coral (not comparable)

1. Made of coral.
2. Having the yellowish pink colour of coral.

Translations

made of coral

• Bulgarian: коралов (bg) (koralov) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 珊瑚製的, simpl. 珊瑚制的 (pinyin: shānhújìde)

• Dutch: koraal-
• Esperanto: korala
• Finnish: korallinen (fi)
• Georgian: მარჯნის (ka) (marǰnis) 
• Hindi: Moonga

• Italian: corallino (it) m, corallina (it) f
• Japanese: 珊瑚でできた (ja) (さんごでできた, sango de dekita), 珊瑚製の (ja) (さんごせいの, sangosē no)
• Lithuanian: koralų (lt), koralinis (lt)
• Malay: batu karang (ms)
• Oriya: ? (or) (prabala)
• Polish: koralowy (pl) m
• Russian: коралловый (ru) (korállovyj) m 
• Turkish: mercan (tr)

having the yellowish pink colour of coral

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 珊瑚色的, simpl. 珊瑚色的 (pinyin: shānhúsède), trad. 橘紅色的, simpl. 橘红色的 (pinyin: júhóngsède)

• Dutch: koraalrood (nl), koraalrode (nl)
• Georgian: მარჯნისფერი (ka) (marǰnisp'eri) 
• Japanese: 珊瑚色の (ja) (さんごいろの, sangoiro no)

• Lithuanian: koralų spalvos (lt)
• Malay: batu karang (ms)
• Polish: koralowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: coral (pt)

Derived terms

Related terms

brain coral coral bean coral berry coral bleaching coral fungus Coral Gables coral island coral reef Coral Sea Coral Sea Islands Territory coral snake Coral Springs coral tree coral trout coral-bells coralberry coralise/coralize corallaceous

corallet corallian coralliferous coralliform coralligenous coralligerous corallike coralline corallite corallivore coralloid coralloidal corally coralroot precious coral red coral staghorn coral stony coral

See also

atoll barrier reef dactylozooid fringing reef gonophore gorgonian

Great Barrier Reef madrepore millepore sea fan sea whip Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• Carlo
• carol, Carol

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Portuguese

Noun

coral m (plural corais)

1. choir (group of singer)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ko̞ˈɾal/
• Rhymes: -al

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology 1

From Old French coral, from Latin corallium, from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον (korallion).

Noun

coral m (plural corales)

1. (zoology) coral
2. (botany) coral vine (Kennedia coccinea)

Etymology 2

From coro "choir" + -al.

Adjective

coral m and f (plural corales)

1. choral

Noun

coral m (plural corales)

1. chorale

References

• "coral" in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición (Dictionary of the Spanish Language, Twenty-Second Edition), Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy), 2001.