cortex

Significado (Inglês)

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)

Conceitos

casca

crosta

cortiça

côdea

folheto

pele

súber

Sinônimos

corium

crusta

suber

Traduções

bark

écorce

corteccia

corteza

Rinde

schors

escorça

Borke

cork

Baumrinde

buccia

scorza

bast

cuirassa

Pronunciado como (IPA)

[ˈkɔr.tɛks]

Etimologia (Inglês)

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”).