corbe
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Old French corbe, from Latin curvus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
corbe (comparative more corbe, superlative most corbe)
- (obsolete) crooked
- 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Aegloga Se[c]unda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC; republished as The Shepheardes Calender […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], 1586, →OCLC:
- I deeme thy braine emperished bee
Through rusty elde, that hath rotted thee:
Or sicker thy head veray tottie is,
So on thy corbe shoulder it leanes amisse.
References[edit]
- “corbe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
corbe f
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔr.be/, (traditional) /ˈkor.be/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔrbe, (traditional) -orbe
- Hyphenation: còr‧be, (traditional) cór‧be
Noun[edit]
corbe f
References[edit]
- ^ corba in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
corbe
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- English terms derived from Old French
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔrbe
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- Rhymes:Italian/orbe
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