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cortiza

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Galician

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Etymology

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Attested circa 1390. From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin corticea, feminine of corticeus (of cork, of bark), from cortex (bark, cork).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koɾˈtiθa̝/, (western) /koɾˈtisa̝/

Noun

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cortiza f (uncountable)

  1. bark; husk
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 117:
      ẽna almẽdra son tres cousas: a cortiça da çima et a casca et a vianda de dentro
      there are three things in an almond: the external husk, the peel, and the viand inside
    Synonym: casca
  2. cork (bark of the cork oak)
  3. item made of cork
    1. beehive
      Synonym: covo

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