cort

See also: чёрт

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cōrtem, from cohors, cohortem. Compare Occitan cort, French court. Doublet of cohort, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkort]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈkoɾt]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɾt

Noun

cort f (plural corts)

  1. pen, stable, sty (enclosure for livestock)
  2. (by extension) sty (dirty place)
  3. court (residence of a sovereign)
  4. court (body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign)
  5. court, courthouse (place where justice is administered)
    Synonym: tribunal
  6. court (tribunal established for the administration of justice)
    Synonym: tribunal

Derived terms

Further reading

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin curtus.

Adjective

cort

  1. short

Middle English

Noun

cort

  1. alternative form of court

Old French

Etymology

    From Latin cōrtem, earlier cohortem.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkuɾt/
    • Rhymes: -urt

    Noun

    cort oblique singularf (oblique plural corz or cortz, nominative singular cort, nominative plural corz or cortz)

    1. court (of a monarch)

    Descendants

    • Middle French: court
      • French: cour
        • Haitian Creole: lakou (with la)
          • English: lakou
        • Norwegian Bokmål: kur
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: kur
    • Middle English: court, cort, corte, cortt, courte, curt, curth

    Old Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkoɾt/

    Noun

    cort f (plural cortes)

    1. apocopic form of corte; court (retinue of a monarch)
      • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 51v:
        [] e fue reẏ de tr̃a de iudea. ⁊ de tr̃a de isrꝉ. e de ihrꝉm e de ſamaria e fazia cadaun dia grãt eſpenſa e tenia g̃nt cort.
        [] And he was king of the land of Judah and of the land of Israel, and of Jerusalem and of Samaria. And every day he incurred great expense and had a numerous court.

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Greek κόρτη (kórti), ultimately from Latin cors or cohors. Doublet of the inherited curte, as well as the later borrowing cohortă.

    Noun

    cort n (plural corturi)

    1. tent

    Declension

    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative cort cortul corturi corturile
    genitive-dative cort cortului corturi corturilor
    vocative cortule corturilor

    Welsh

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English cord.

    Noun

    cort m (plural cyrt or cyrts, diminutive cortyn or corten)

    1. cord

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of cort
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    cort gort nghort chort

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Further reading

    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “cort”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies