cortex

Signification (Anglais)

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)

Concepts

écorce

liège

peau

pelure

zeste

cortex

coque

🐚

pelons

croûte

Synonymes

corium

crusta

suber

Traductions

bark

corteccia

Rinde

corteza

casca

schors

Borke

escorça

cork

Baumrinde

crosta

scorza

bast

buccia

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈkɔr.tɛks]

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).