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)

Concepten

schors

bast

dop

🐚

schil

schaal

🐚

boomschors

kurk

kurken

kurklaag

Synoniemen

corium

crusta

suber

Vertalingen

bark

corteccia

écorce

corteza

Rinde

casca

Borke

escorça

cork

Baumrinde

crosta

buccia

scorza

cuirassa

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[ˈkɔr.tɛks]

Etymologie (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”).