corte

See also: Corte, corté, and чёрте

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾte/ [ˈkoɾ.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -oɾte
• Syllabification: cor‧te

Etymology 1

From Latin cōrtem, accusative of cōrs, shortened version of Latin cohors (“court; enclosure”).

Noun

corte f (plural cortes)

1. stable
2. court (retinue of a sovereign)
3. court (the residence of a sovereign)
4. (figuratively) capital city
5. (in the plural) parliament (sometimes specifically the Spanish parliament)

   Synonyms: parllamentu, xunta

6. tribunal

   Synonym: tribunal

7. (colloquial) group of yes-men accompanying a person

Etymology 2

Deverbal from cortar.

Noun

corte m (plural cortes)

1. cut, haircut
2. (colloquial) aspect, look
3. cutter, any tool meant to cut
4. razor
5. piece of cloth cut from a garment
6. (mining) coal layer

Derived terms

• corte de manga
• dar un corte de manga
• de corte
• facer un corte de manga
• mandar un corte de manga
• pala corte
• yerba del corte

References

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “corte”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “corte”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Galician

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥tósder.

Proto-Italic *kortos

Latin curtus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin curtāre

Old Galician-Portuguese cortar

Galician cortardeverb.

Spanish cortebor.

Galician corte

Deverbal from cortar, or borrowed from Spanish corte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾte/ [ˈkɔɾ.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɔɾte
• Hyphenation: cor‧te

Noun

corte m (plural cortes)

1. a cut
2. a cutting edge

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese corte (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cōrtem, accusative of cōrs, shortened version of Latin cohors (“court; enclosure”). The traditional meaning, stable, is already attested in 10th century, in local Medieval Latin documents. The meaning Royal court is attested in the 13th century.

Vaca na corte, Giovanni Segantini

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾte/ [ˈkoɾ.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -oɾte
• Hyphenation: cor‧te

Noun

corte f (plural cortes)

1. stable
   • 1278, J. I. Fernández de Viana y Vieites, editor, Colección diplomática del monasterio de Santa María de Pantón, Lugo: Deputación, page 36:

     e fagades y casas alí hu deven a estar, celeyro e coziña e corte, e estas casas deven a seer feytas en estes quatro anos primeiros que veẽ.

     and you should build there houses, a barn, kitchen and stable; and this houses must be build during the next four years

2. court (the residence of a sovereign)
3. (figurative, dated) the government
4. (in the plural) the parliament

Derived terms

• cortello (“pigsty”)
• Cortes
• cortiña (“small walled plot of farmland”)

Etymology 3

Verb

corte

1. inflection of cortar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “corte”, 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), “corte”, 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 Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “corte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “corte”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “corte”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cōrtem, shortened version of Latin cohors (“court; enclosure”). Doublet of the borrowing coorte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkor.te/
• Rhymes: -orte
• Hyphenation: cór‧te

Noun

corte f (plural corti)

1. courtyard
2. court

Derived terms

• corte marziale
• cortigiana
• cortile

Further reading

• “corte”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• “corte” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• “corte” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• “corte” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• “corte” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• “corte”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• certo, recto, torce

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkoːr.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔr.te]

Noun

cōrte

1. ablative singular of cōrs

Middle English

Noun

corte

1. alternative form of court

Neapolitan

Adjective

corte f pl

1. feminine plural of curto

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥tósder.

Proto-Italic *kortos

Latin curtus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin curtāre

Old Galician-Portuguese cortar

Portuguese cortardeverb.

Portuguese corte

Deverbal from cortar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkɔh.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkɔh.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkɔχ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɻ.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.tɨ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: cor‧te

Noun

corte m (plural cortes)

1. cut
   1. the act of cutting

      O corte tem de ser preciso. ― The cut needs to be precise.

   2. visible result of a cut (e.g. a wound or damage to an object)

      Tenho um corte no meu dedo! ― I have a cut on my finger!

   3. haircut

      Esse é um corte elegante. ― That is an elegant cut.

   4. (finance) reduction in expenses

      Cortes serão necessários para evitar prejuízo. ― Cuts will be necessary to avoid loss.

2. cutting edge

   Esta faca tem um bom corte. ― This knife has a good cutting edge.

3. (fashion) a particular style or way certain pieces are made

   corte inglês ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Synonym: talhe

4. suspension (the act of stopping a habitual activity or the flow of something)

   Se não pagar a companhia, sofrerá corte de energia. ― If you don't pay the company, you will experience power suspension.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:corte.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰórtos

Proto-Italic *hortosder.?

Proto-Italic *horti-

Latin cohors

Latin cōrtem

Old Galician-Portuguese corte

Portuguese corte

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese corte, from Latin cōrtem, from cohors, from Proto-Italic *kom + *horti-. Doublet of coorte, a borrowing.

Alternative forms

• côrte (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkoh.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkoh.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkoχ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɻ.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: cor‧te

Noun

corte f (plural cortes)

1. a court
2. stable

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:corte.

Alternative forms

• côrte (superseded)

Descendants

• → Malayalam: കോടതി (kōṭati)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkɔh.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkɔh.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkɔχ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɻ.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.tɨ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: cor‧te

Verb

corte

1. inflection of cortar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “corte”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “corte”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “corte”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “corte”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “corte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾte/ [ˈkoɾ.t̪e]

• Audio (Latin America):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oɾte
• Syllabification: cor‧te

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥tósder.

Proto-Italic *kortos

Latin curtus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin curtāre

Spanish cortardeverb.

Spanish corte

Deverbal from cortar (“to cut”).

Noun

corte m (plural cortes)

1. cut (the act of cutting)
2. cut (the result of cutting)
3. cut (an opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound)

   Synonym: (Latin America) cortada

4. haircut
5. (colloquial) embarrassment

   Synonym: vergüenza

   Me da corte hacerlo.

   I'm embarrassed to do it.

6. style or type

   Hay varios cortes de mediocampista. Necesitamos un mediocampista de corte defensivo, un jugador con un corte parecido al del ghanés Thomas Partey.

   There are many types of midfielder. We need a defensive-type midfielder, a player with a style similar to that of Ghana's Thomas Partey.

7. cross section

   Synonym: sección transversal

   • 1993, Francisco Carrasco Cantos, Geología de la Cueva de Nerja:

     En este trabajo se incluye un mapa geológico que se ha realizado exclusivamente para esta publicación y una serie de cortes geológicos que nos ponen de manifiesto la estructura geológica de la región

     This work contains a geological map made exclusively for this publication and a series of geological cross-sections that explain the geological structure of the region.

Derived terms

• alicates de corte
• corte de manga
• corte de mangas
• corte de pelo
• corte militar
• corte superior
• hacer la corte
• nota de corte
• toma corte

Related terms

• corto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

corte

1. inflection of cortar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰórtos

Proto-Italic *hortosder.?

Proto-Italic *horti-

Latin cohors

Latin cōrtem

Spanish corte

Inherited from Latin cōrtem, from cohors, from Proto-Italic *kom + *horti-. Doublet of the borrowed cohorte.

Noun

corte f (plural cortes)

1. court (the hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered)

Derived terms

• corte de apelación
• corte de casación
• corte marcial
• Corte Penal Internacional
• corte suprema
• Cortes Generales
• cortesana
• cortesano

Related terms

• áulico
• cortesano
• curial
• palaciano
• palaciego

Descendants

• → Cebuano: korte
• → Tagalog: korte
• → Yogad: korte

See also

• Appendix:Spanish nouns that have different meanings depending on their gender

Further reading

• “corte”, 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

Anagrams

• cetro, recto, troce, trocé

Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin curtus.

Adjective

corte

1. short