corrente

See also: Corrente

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese (independently attested in both corpora), from Latin currēns, currēntem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈrɛntɪ], [koˈrentɪ]

Adjective

corrente m or f (plural correntes)

1. current
   • 1417, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 55:

     este anno corrente

     this current year

2. usual, common
   • 1428, M. Mar Graña Cid, editor, Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500), page 317:

     sete morabetinos uelos ou moeda corrente que tanto ualla

     seven old marabedis of usual coinage of the same value

3. running
   • 1421, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media, Sada / A Coruña: Ediciós do Castro, page 158:

     con todas suas agoas correntes et estantes

     with all of its waters, running and still

Derived terms

• auga corrente

Noun

corrente f (plural correntes)

1. current, flow, stream

Derived terms

• corrente eléctrica

Related terms

• correr

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “corrente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “corrente”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “corrente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “corrente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “corrente”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin currentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /korˈrɛn.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: cor‧rèn‧te
• IPA^(key): (regional) /korˈren.te/

  • Audio:

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  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Hyphenation: cor‧rén‧te

Adjective

corrente m or f by sense (plural correnti)

1. running (of water)
2. current, valid (in use)
3. ordinary

Derived terms

• correntemente
• correntezza
• correntissimo
• correntone

Noun

corrente f (plural correnti)

1. current (water, electricity)
2. airstream, draught/draft
3. trend
4. faction, tendency (political)

Derived terms

• corrente continua (“DC”)
• corrente alternata (“AC”)
• Corrente del Golfo (“Gulf Stream”)

Noun

corrente m (plural correnti)

1. batten
2. stringer
3. bar (athletics)

Derived terms

• correntaiolo
• correntame
• correntina
• correntone

Related terms

• correre

Participle

corrente m or f by sense (plural correnti)

1. present participle of correre

Anagrams

• centrerò

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese corrente, from Latin currentem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʁẽ.t͡ʃi/ [koˈhẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʁẽ.t͡ʃi/ [koˈhẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koˈʁẽ.t͡ʃi/ [koˈχẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʁẽ.te/ [koˈhẽ.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁẽ.tɨ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽti, -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: cor‧ren‧te

Noun

corrente f (plural correntes, diminutive correntinha or correntezinha, augmentative correntona or correntezona)

1. current; flow
2. electrical current
3. chain

   Synonyms: cadeia, correia

4. tendency

   Synonym: tendência

5. (Internet) chain letter

Derived terms

• correntezinha (diminutive)
• correntezona (augmentative)
• correntinha (diminutive)
• correntona (augmentative)

Related terms

• correr

Noun

corrente m (plural correntes)

1. the usual

Further reading

• “corrente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “corrente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026