cortex

Significado (Inglés)

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)

Conceptos

corteza

casco

cáscara

piel

corcho

tapón de corcho

cáscara de limón rayada

Sinónimos

corium

crusta

suber

Traducciones

bark

écorce

corteccia

Rinde

casca

schors

escorça

Borke

cork

Baumrinde

buccia

scorza

bast

crosta

Pronunciado como (IPA)

[ˈkɔr.tɛks]

Etimología (Inglés)

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”).