cortiza

Galician

Etymology

Attested circa 1390. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin corticea, feminine of corticeus (“of cork, of bark”), from cortex (“bark, cork”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈtiθa̝/, (western) /koɾˈtisa̝/

Noun

cortiza f (uncountable)

1. bark; husk
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 117:

     ẽna almẽdra son tres cousas: a cortiça da çima et a casca et a vianda de dentro

     there are three things in an almond: the external husk, the peel, and the viand inside

   Synonym: casca

2. cork (bark of the cork oak)
3. item made of cork
   1. beehive

      Synonym: covo

Derived terms

• corticeira
• corticeiro
• Cortizas

Related terms

• cortizo

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cortiç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cortiza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN