corsa

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: corsas, corsât

Verb

corsa

1. third-person singular past historic of corser

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Italian

Etymology 1

Back-formation from correre (“to run”), based on its perfect participle corso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkor.sa/, [ˈkor̺s̪ä]
• Stress: córsa
• Hyphenation: cor‧sa

Noun

corsa f (plural corse)

1. (athletics) run, running
2. (sports) race, racing

   Synonyms: gara

3. trip, journey
4. movement (of a pendulum)
5. stroke (of a piston)

Related terms

• correre
• corridore

See also

• podismo
• podista

Etymology 2

See corso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr.sa/, [ˈkɔr̺s̪ä]
• Stress: còrsa
• Hyphenation: cor‧sa

Adjective

corsa f

1. feminine singular of corso

Noun

corsa f (plural corse, masculine corso)

1. Corsican (female)

Anagrams

• Carso, sacro, scora

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Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.sa/, [ˈkɔr.sa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.sa/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόρση (kórsē).

Noun

corsa f (genitive corsae); first declension

1. (architecture) The outer strip in the molding about a door, a girder

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	corsa	corsae
genitive	corsae	corsārum
dative	corsae	corsīs
accusative	corsam	corsās
ablative	corsā	corsīs
vocative	corsa	corsae

References

• corsae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• corsa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• corsa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Adjective

corsa

1. nominative singular feminine of corsus
2. vocative singular feminine of corsus
3. nominative plural neuter of corsus
4. accusative plural neuter of corsus
5. vocative plural neuter of corsus

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.saː/, [ˈkɔr.saː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.sa/

Adjective

corsā

1. ablative singular feminine of corsus