corba

See also: CORBA, corbà, çorba, and čorba

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin curvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈkur.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈkor.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkoɾ.ba]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈkor.ba]

Noun

corba f (plural corbes)

1. curve (a gentle bend, such as in a road)

Alternative forms

• curva

Adjective

corba

1. feminine singular of corb (“curved”)
2. feminine singular of corbo (“hunchbacked (Menorca); knock-kneed (Mallorca)”)

Etymology 2

From corb (“crow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈko̞r.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈkɔr.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɔɾ.ba]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈkɔr.ba]

Noun

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

1. female crow

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈkur.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈkor.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkoɾ.ba]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈkor.ba]

Verb

corba

1. inflection of corbar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “corba”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “corba”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “corba”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Italian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin corbis (“basket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɔrba
• Hyphenation: còr‧ba

Noun

corba f (plural corbe)

1. a large wicker basket
   • 13^th c., “ⅩⅩⅩⅦ. Del Brillo”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise on Agriculture]‎^[1], translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 270:

     Il Brillo […] fa […] belle verghe, che si colgono nel mese d’Aprile, […] e si sbucciano, e se ne fanno corbe

     The willow has beautiful branches, which are picked in the month of April, and are stripped, and used to make wicker baskets

2. (nautical, regional) synonym of costa
3. (historical) a unit of dry measure equivalent to 78.644 m³

Derived terms

• corbello

Etymology 2

From the archaic term curva, possibly influenced by French courbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkor.ba/
• Rhymes: -orba
• Hyphenation: cór‧ba

Noun

corba f (plural corbe)

1. (veterinary medicine) an exostosis of the rear margin of a horse's hock

   Synonym: (archaic) curva

Further reading

• “còrba”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
• “córba”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• braco, cabro, cabrò, carbo-, cobra