Corse

See also: corse and corsé

English

Proper noun

Corse

1. An uncommon surname originating in Europe, specifically the United Kingdom and Scandinavia.
2. A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7828).

Anagrams

• Crose, ROCEs, Secor, Sorce, ceros, cores, creos, ocres, score

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁs/

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• Homophones: corse, corses, corsent

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin Corsica. The Latin suffix -ica was muted in French because it was unstressed. Compare Middle French Corsique, a learned borrowing.

Proper noun

Corse f

1. Corsica (an island and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)

Derived terms

• Corse-du-Sud
• Haute-Corse
• l'ogre de Corse
• Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur-Corse

Etymology 2

From Latin Corsus.

Noun

Corse m or f by sense (plural Corses)

1. Corsican (person)

Related terms

• corse

Anagrams

• ocres
• score, scoré

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔr.sɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔr.se]

Noun

Corse

1. vocative singular of Corsus