Feminine
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cort

Meaning

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

Concepts

royal court

Synonyms

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈkort]
Etymology

In summary

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

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