corte

See also: Corte, corté, and чёрте

Asturian

Etymology

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

Noun

corte f (plural cortes)

1. court
2. courtyard

corte m (plural cortes)

1. cut, haircut
2. cutter

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Galician

Etymology 1

Back-formation from cortar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾte̝/

Noun

corte m (plural cortes)

1. a cut
2. a cutting edge

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and 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): /ˈkoɾte̝/

Noun

corte f (plural cortes)

1. stable
   • 1278, J. I. Fernández de Viana y Vieites (ed.), 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”)

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• “corte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “corte” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkorte/
• Rhymes: -orte

Noun

corte f (plural corti)

1. courtyard
2. court

Derived terms

• corte marziale
• cortigiana

Anagrams

• certo
• torce

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) cōrte

1. ablative singular of cōrs

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Back-formation from cortar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.tɨ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.t͡ʃi/
• 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)

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.

Verb

corte

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Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese corte, from Latin cōrtem, accusative of cōrs, shortened version of Latin cohors (“court; enclosure”). Doublet of coorte, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ.tɨ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʁ.tʃi/, /ˈkoɾ.t(ʃ)i/
• 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 (obsolete)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾte/ [ˈkoɾ.t̪e]
• Hyphenation: cor‧te

• Audio (Latin America)

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Etymology 1

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. embarrassment

   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 midfielder, a player with a style similar to that of Ghana's Thomas Partey.

Derived terms

• hacer la corte

 

Related terms

• corto

Verb

corte

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of cortar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cortar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cortar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of cortar.

Etymology 2

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

 

Anagrams

• cetro
• recto
• troce
• trocé

Further reading

• “corte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tarantino

Etymology

From Latin curtus.

Adjective

corte

1. short