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[edit] English

Eunicella cavolinii (1), (2)

[edit] Etymology

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

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[edit] Noun

Singular
coral

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural corals

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) (colour) A somewhat yellowish pink colour, the colour of red coral.
    coral colour:    

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substance
colony
  • Arabic: please add this translation if you can
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  • Bulgarian: корал bg(bg) m.
  • Burmese: please add this translation if you can
  • Catalan: corall m.
  • Danish: please add this translation if you can
  • Dutch: koraal n., koraalrif n.
  • Esperanto: koralo
  • Estonian: please add this translation if you can
  • Finnish: koralli fi(fi)
  • French: corail fr(fr) m.
  • Georgian: მარჯანი ka(ka) (marǰani)
  • German: Korallenriff de(de) n.
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colour

[edit] Adjective

coral (not comparable)

Positive
coral

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)
  1. Made of coral.
  2. (color/colour) Having the yellowish pink colour of coral.

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made of coral
having the yellowish pink colour of coral

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[edit] Adjective

coral m. and f. (plural corales)

  1. choral

[edit] Noun

coral m. (plural corales)

Singular
coral m.

Plural
corales m.
  1. chorale
  2. (zoology) coral
  3. (botany) coral vine, Kennedia coccinea
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