cortex

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (declension-3, feminine, masculine) The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree; cork.
2. (declension-3, feminine, masculine) The shell or outward part or covering of anything else; body.
3. (declension-3, feminine, masculine) Life preserver (made of bark)

Sinonieme

corium

crusta

suber

Vertalings

bark

corteccia

écorce

Rinde

corteza

casca

schors

escorça

Borke

cork

Baumrinde

buccia

scorza

bast

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈkɔr.tɛks]

Etimologie (Engels)

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-, extended from *(s)ker- (“to cut”).
Cognate with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), English shear, German scheren, Albanian harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian ski̇̀rti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”), Old Armenian քերեմ (kʻerem, “to scrape, scratch”). See also scortum (“skin, hide”).