cortex

Meaning

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

bark

cork

skin

shell

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husk

hull

peel

fort

cortex

bark of tree

tree bark

Synonyms

corium

crusta

suber

Translations

écorce

corteccia

Rinde

corteza

casca

schors

Borke

escorça

Baumrinde

crosta

buccia

bast

scorza

liège

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkɔr.tɛks]

Etymology

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”).