corvina

English

Noun

corvina (plural corvinas)

1. Any of various fish, including Cilus gilberti, Larimichthys polyactis, and members of the genera Cynoscion and Isopisthus.
2. A red Italian grape variety, used in wines from Valpolicella and the wider region around the city of Verona.

Italian

Adjective

corvina

1. feminine singular of corvino

Anagrams

• Cravino, cornavi

Latin

Adjective

corvīna

1. inflection of corvīnus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

corvīnā

1. ablative feminine singular of corvīnus

Portuguese

Adjective

corvina

1. feminine singular of corvino

Spanish

Etymology

From the feminine of corvino (literally “corvine, raven-like”), from the color of the fish.

Noun

corvina f (plural corvinas)

1. brown meagre, Sciaena umbra

Adjective

corvina f

1. feminine singular of corvino

Further reading

• “corvino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28