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7-letter words (2 found)

CAROTIN,CORTINA,

6-letter words (15 found)

ACTION,AIRCON,AORTIC,AROINT,ATONIC,CANTOR,CARTON,CATION,CITRON,CONTRA,CORTIN,CRATON,CRIANT,RACINO,RATION,

5-letter words (37 found)

ACORN,ACTIN,ACTON,ACTOR,ANTIC,ARIOT,ARTIC,CAIRN,CANTO,CARON,COATI,CONIA,CORIA,CORNI,COTAN,INTRA,INTRO,NARCO,NARIC,NITRO,NORIA,OCTAN,ONTIC,ORANT,ORCIN,RACON,RATIO,RIANT,ROTAN,TAROC,TONIC,TORAN,TORIC,TRAIN,TRIAC,TRONA,TRONC,

4-letter words (64 found)

ACRO,AIRN,AIRT,ANTI,ARCO,ARTI,ATOC,CAIN,CANT,CARN,CART,CIAO,CION,CITO,COAT,COIN,COIR,COIT,CONI,CORN,CRAN,CRIA,CRIT,CRON,ICON,INRO,INTO,IOTA,IRON,NAOI,NARC,NOIR,NORI,NOTA,OCTA,OINT,ORCA,OTIC,RAIN,RAIT,RANI,RANT,RATO,RIOT,ROAN,ROIN,RONT,ROTA,ROTI,TACO,TAIN,TARN,TARO,TIAN,TIAR,TINA,TIRO,TORA,TORC,TORI,TORN,TRIN,TRIO,TRON,

3-letter words (44 found)

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2-letter words (15 found)

AI,AN,AR,AT,IN,IO,IT,NA,NO,OI,ON,OR,TA,TI,TO,

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Definitions and meaning of cortina

cortina

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”). Doublet of curtain.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪnə

Noun

cortina (plural cortinas)

  1. (mycology) A cobweb-like annulus on certain types of mushroom.

Derived terms

See also

  • velum

Anagrams

  • C-ration, Nicotra, anticor, carotin, nicator

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koɾˈtina/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: cor‧ti‧na

Noun

cortina f (plural cortinas)

  1. curtain

References

  • Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “cortina”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
  • “cortina”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koɾˈtina/, [koɾˈt̪i.na]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: cor‧ti‧na

Noun

cortina f (plural cortines)

  1. curtain (piece of cloth covering a window)

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [kurˈti.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [koɾˈti.na]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).

Noun

cortina f (plural cortines)

  1. curtain

Etymology 2

Inherited from Late Latin cōrtīna (“bit of enclosed land”).

Noun

cortina f (plural cortines)

  1. pigsty

References

  • “cortina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

  • curtiña

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cortina~cortinha, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [koɾˈtinɐ]

Noun

cortina f (plural cortinas)

  1. curtain

References

  • “cortina” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “cortina” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cortina” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cortina” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cortina” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /korˈti.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: cor‧tì‧na

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).

Noun

cortina f (plural cortine)

  1. curtain
Derived terms
  • cortina di ferro (“Iron Curtain”)
  • oltrecortina

References

  • cortina1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Latin cortīna (“sacred tripod of Apollo”).

Noun

cortina f (plural cortine)

  1. sacred tripod of Apollo

References

  • cortina2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • Nicotra, cantori, cartoni, contrai, cornati, cratoni, incarto, incartò, notrica, ricanto, ricantò, riconta, trancio, tranciò, troncai

Latin

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Sometimes attributed to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“turn; bend”), via a hypothetical passive past participle *kṛto- (“bent”), but this is dubious. Attested from Plautus onward.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /korˈtiː.na/, [kɔrˈt̪iːnä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /korˈti.na/, [korˈt̪iːnä]

Noun

cortīna f (genitive cortīnae); first declension

  1. cauldron, kettle
  2. the sacred tripod of Apollo (in the form of a cauldron)
Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms
  • cortīnipotēns
Descendants
  • → Italian: cortina
  • → Middle French: courtine

Etymology 2

From cōrt- (“courtyard”) +‎ -īna, a calque of Ancient Greek αὐλαία (aulaía, “curtain”) < αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”). First attested in the fourth century CE. Unrelated to Etymology 1.

Alternative forms

  • curtīna

Noun

cōrtīna f (genitive cōrtīnae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. curtain
Descendants
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: cortina
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: cortina
    • Old French: cortine (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Occitan: cortina
      • Occitan: cortina
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: cortina
    • Asturian: cortina
    • Old Spanish: cortina
      • Spanish: cortina (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: cortina, cortinha
      • Galician: cortina, curtiña
      • Portuguese: cortina
  • Borrowings:
    • → English: cortina
    • ⇒ Translingual: Cortinarius

Etymology 3

From cōrt- (“yard; enclosure”) +‎ -īna (late 'vulgar' diminutive ending). Attested from at least ca. 560 CE (Paulus Galeatensis).

Alternative forms

  • curtīna, curtīnum, curtānea

Noun

cōrtīna f (genitive cōrtīnae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. bit of enclosed land (for various purposes)
Descendants
  • Catalan: cortina
  • Old Spanish: cortina
    • Spanish: cortina (regional)
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: cortinha, cortinna, cortiinna, cortynna; cortina, cortyna
    • Galician: cortiña, cortía, curtiña
    • Portuguese: cortinha

References

  • “cortina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cortina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cortina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “cortina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “cortina”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan cortina, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuɾˈtino/

Noun

cortina f (plural cortinas)

  1. curtain

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).

The form with /ɲ/ ⟨nh⟩ represents the regular native outcome. The form with ⟨n⟩ /n/ appears to reflect influence either from Old Spanish cortina or the original Latin. Either way, it provided a means of avoiding homophony with etymology 2.

Alternative forms

  • cortinha (also common)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koɾˈtina/, /koɾˈtiɲa/

Noun

cortina f

  1. curtain
    • 1326, López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica. page 295:
Descendants
  • Galician: cortina, curtiña
  • Portuguese: cortina

References

  • “cortina” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.

Etymology 2

Noun

cortina f

  1. Alternative form of cortinha (“plot of land”)

Old Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuɾˈtina/

Noun

cortina f (oblique plural cortinas, nominative singular cortina, nominative plural cortinas)

  1. curtain

Descendants

  • Occitan: cortina

References

  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cortina”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1236

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koɾˈtina/

Etymology 1

From Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”). First attested in Berceo.

Noun

cortina f (plural cortinas)

  1. curtain
Descendants
  • Spanish: cortina (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “cortina”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 216

Etymology 2

Inherited from Late Latin cōrtīna (“bit of enclosed land”). First attested in 1118.

Noun

cortina f (plural cortinas)

  1. bit of enclosed land
Descendants
  • Spanish: cortina (regional)

References

  • Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “corte”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 214

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cortina~cortinha, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).

Pronunciation

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /kuhˈti.nɐ/
  • (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /kuɹˈt͡ʃi.nɐ/
  • Hyphenation: cor‧ti‧na

Noun

cortina f (plural cortinas)

  1. curtain (piece of cloth covering a window)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “cortina” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koɾˈtina/ [koɾˈt̪i.na]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: cor‧ti‧na

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish cortina, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).

Noun

cortina f (plural cortinas)

  1. curtain
    Synonym: telón
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Bikol Central: kurtina
  • → Cebuano: kortina
  • → Sambali: kortina
  • → Tagalog: kurtina
  • → Yogad: kurtina

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish cortina, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“bit of enclosed land”). Found in Salamanca and Cespedosa de Tormes.

Noun

cortina f (plural cortinas) (regional, Spain)

  1. bit of enclosed land

References

  • Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “corte”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 214

Further reading

  • “cortina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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