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)

cork (bark of the cork oak)
cork (bottle stopper)

Derived terms

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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