corea

See also: Corea, coreá, and coreà

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin chorēa, from Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía, “a type of dance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kuˈɾe̞.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈɾe.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈɾe.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [koˈɾe.a]

Noun

corea f (plural corees)

1. (pathology) chorea

   Synonym: ball de Sant Vito

Further reading

• “corea”, 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

From Latin chorea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈrɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Hyphenation: co‧rè‧a

Noun

corea f (plural coree)

1. (pathology) chorea

Further reading

• corea¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• acero

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈɾea/ [koˈɾe.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: co‧re‧a
• Homophone: Corea

Etymology 1

From Latin chorēa, from Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía, “a type of dance”). Doublet of jauría.

Noun

corea f (plural coreas)

1. (pathology) chorea

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

corea

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

Further reading

• “corea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025