corcho

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin corticem, possibly through a Mozarabic intermediate *kórčo or *kórče.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾt͡ʃo/ [ˈkoɾ.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -oɾtʃo
• Syllabification: cor‧cho

Noun

corcho m (plural corchos)

1. cork (bark of the cork oak)
2. cork (bottle stopper)

Derived terms

• acorcharse
• corcha
• corchero
• corcholata
• sacacorchos

Descendants

• → Middle Dutch: curc
  • → Dutch: kurk
    • Afrikaans: kurk
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: korku
    • Negerhollands: koruk
    • → Aukan: koluku
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: korku
    • → Japanese: コルク
    • → Papiamentu: kòrki, kurki
  • → German: Kork
    • → Polish: korek
  • → Middle English: cork
    • English: cork
      • → French: cork

Further reading

• “corcho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10