corbe

English

Etymology

From Old French corbe, from Latin curvus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔː(ɹ)b/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)b

Adjective

corbe (comparative more corbe, superlative most corbe)

  1. (obsolete) crooked
    • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Aegloga Se[c]unda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: [], London: [] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, [], →OCLC:
      I deeme thy braine emperished bee
      Through rusty elde, that hath rotted thee:
      Or sicker thy head veray tottie is,
      So on thy corbe shoulder it leanes amisse.

References

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔr.be/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrbe
  • Hyphenation: còr‧be

Noun

corbe f

  1. plural of corba (large wicker basket)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔr.be/, (traditional) /ˈkor.be/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔrbe, (traditional) -orbe
  • Hyphenation: còr‧be, (traditional) cór‧be

Noun

corbe f

  1. plural of corba (exostosis of a horse's hock)

References

  1. ^ corba in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Noun

corbe

  1. ablative singular of corbis