escorça

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin scortea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkɔr.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈkɔɾ.sa]

Noun

escorça f (plural escorces)

1. bark (of a tree)
2. rind (of a fruit, cheese, etc.)

   Antonym: polpa

3. crust (of a planet)

   Synonym: crosta

4. shell (of a nut, crustacean, etc.)
5. (anatomy) the outer covering of an organ
6. (figurative) outside, appearance

   L'escorça dura em resguarda de qualsevol perill.

   The tough exterior shields me from any danger.

Derived terms

• escorça cerebral f
• escorçar (verb)

Related terms

escorçador (adjective)

Further reading

• “escorça”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “escorça”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Etymology 2

Verb

escorça

1. inflection of escorçar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative