koral

See also: korál

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾal/ [ko.ɾal]
• Rhymes: -oɾal, -al
• Hyphenation: ko‧ral

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish coral (“coral”).

Noun

koral inan

1. coral

Declension

Declension of koral (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	koral	korala	koralak	koralok
ergative	koralek	koralak	koralek	koralok
dative	korali	koralari	koralei	koraloi
genitive	koralen	koralaren	koralen	koralon
comitative	koralekin	koralarekin	koralekin	koralokin
causative	koralengatik	koralarengatik	koralengatik	koralongatik
benefactive	koralentzat	koralarentzat	koralentzat	koralontzat
instrumental	koralez	koralaz	koralez	koralotaz
inessive	koraletan	koralean	koraletan	koralotan
locative	koraletako	koraleko	koraletako	koralotako
allative	koraletara	koralera	koraletara	koralotara
terminative	koraletaraino	koraleraino	koraletaraino	koralotaraino
directive	koraletarantz	koralerantz	koraletarantz	koralotarantz
destinative	koraletarako	koralerako	koraletarako	koralotarako
ablative	koraletatik	koraletik	koraletatik	koralotatik
partitive	koralik	—	—	—
prolative	koraltzat	—	—	—

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer-der.?

Ancient Greek χορός (khorós)

Latin choruslbor.

Old Spanish coro

Spanish coro

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Spanish -al

Spanish coralbor.

Basque koral

Borrowed from Spanish coral (“choral”).

Adjective

koral (not comparable)

1. choral

Declension

Declension of koral (adjective C-stem)

		indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive		koral	korala	koralak	koralok
ergative		koralek	koralak	koralek	koralok
dative		korali	koralari	koralei	koraloi
genitive		koralen	koralaren	koralen	koralon
comitative		koralekin	koralarekin	koralekin	koralokin
causative		koralengatik	koralarengatik	koralengatik	koralongatik
benefactive		koralentzat	koralarentzat	koralentzat	koralontzat
instrumental		koralez	koralaz	koralez	koralotaz
inessive	anim.	koralengan	koralarengan	koralengan	koralongan
	inan.	koraletan	koralean	koraletan	koralotan
locative	anim.	—	—	—	—
	inan.	koraletako	koraleko	koraletako	koralotako
allative	anim.	koralengana	koralarengana	koralengana	koralongana
	inan.	koraletara	koralera	koraletara	koralotara
terminative	anim.	koralenganaino	koralarenganaino	koralenganaino	koralonganaino
	inan.	koraletaraino	koraleraino	koraletaraino	koralotaraino
directive	anim.	koralenganantz	koralarenganantz	koralenganantz	koralonganantz
	inan.	koraletarantz	koralerantz	koraletarantz	koralotarantz
destinative	anim.	koralenganako	koralarenganako	koralenganako	koralonganako
	inan.	koraletarako	koralerako	koraletarako	koralotarako
ablative	anim.	koralengandik	koralarengandik	koralengandik	koralongandik
	inan.	koraletatik	koraletik	koraletatik	koralotatik
partitive		koralik	—	—	—
prolative		koraltzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “koral”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “koral”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish corral (“enclosure”), from Vulgar Latin curralis, from currus (“chariot”).

Noun

koral

1. fence

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from English coral

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoral/
• Rhymes: -oral
• Hyphenation: ko‧ral

Noun

koral

1. coral

   Synonym: karang

Further reading

• koral on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id

Ladino

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish coral (“coral”).

Noun

koral m (Hebrew spelling קוראל)

1. coral

Etymology 2

Cognate to Spanish corral (“corral”).

Noun

koral m (Hebrew spelling קוראל)

1. corral

Etymology 3

Cognate to Spanish coral.

Adjective

koral (Hebrew spelling קוראל)

1. (music) choral

Noun

koral f (Hebrew spelling קוראל)

1. (music) chorale

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French chorale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɰal/

Noun

koral

1. choir

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 159
• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 527

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Semiticder.?

Ancient Greek κορᾰ́λλῐον (korắllĭon)bor.

Latin coralliumlbor.

Polish koral

Learned borrowing from Latin corallium.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ral/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔ.ral]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔral
• Syllabification: ko‧ral

Noun

koral m inan (diminutive koralik, related adjective koralowy)

1. coral (substance)
2. bead (small, round, pierced object)
3. (in the plural) beads (beaded necklace)
4. (Chełmno, nautical) knob on a mast

   Hypernym: gałka

Declension

Declension of koral

	singular	plural
nominative	koral	korale
genitive	korala/koralu	korali
dative	koralowi	koralom
accusative	koral	korale
instrumental	koralem	koralami
locative	koralu	koralach
vocative	koralu	korale

Noun

koral m animal

1. coral (animal)

   Synonym: koralowiec

Declension

Declension of koral

	singular	plural
nominative	koral	korale
genitive	korala	korali
dative	koralowi	koralom
accusative	korala	korale
instrumental	koralem	koralami
locative	koralu	koralach
vocative	koralu	korale

Derived terms

adjectives

• koralisty
• koralowaty

nouns

• (dialectal) bicz korali
• koralina
• koralka
• koralowiec
• koralowina

Related terms

adjectives

• koralikowy

adverbs

• koralowo

nouns

• koraliczek

Further reading

• “koral”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “korale”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “koral”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)
• Gustaw Pobłocki (1887), “koral”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 133

Swedish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cantus choralis (“choral song”), equivalent to kor +‎ -al.

Noun

koral c

1. a chorale (hymn tune)

Declension

Declension of koral

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	koral	korals
	definite	koralen	koralens
plural	indefinite	koraler	koralers
	definite	koralerna	koralernas

References

• “koral”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• koral in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading

• koral in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1911)

Anagrams

• alkor, kolar, oklar

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /koˈɾal/ [k̠oˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ko‧ral

Noun

korál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜎ᜔)

1. nonstandard form of kural

Anagrams

• klaro