corsaro

See also: Corsaro

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cursārius (“pirate”), from Latin cursus (“plunder, hostile inroad; course, a running”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /korˈsa.ro/
Rhymes: -aro
Hyphenation: cor‧sà‧ro

Adjective

corsaro (feminine corsara, masculine plural corsari, feminine plural corsare)

(relational) privateering, pirate

Noun

corsaro m (plural corsari)

a privateer, corsair (person)

Derived terms

nave corsara (“privateer (ship)”)

Related terms

corso

Descendants

→ Arabic: قُرْصَان (qurṣān)
→ French: corsaire
- → English: corsair
→ German: Korsar
→ Ottoman Turkish: قرصان
- Turkish: korsan
→ Romanian: corsar
→ Serbo-Croatian: gȕsār (likely)
- → Hungarian: huszár
  - → French: hussard, houssard
    - → English: hussar
    - → Spanish: húsar
  - → German: Husar
    - → Dutch: huzaar
    - → Italian: ussaro
  - → Medieval Latin: husārō
  - → Polish: husarz
  - → Serbo-Croatian: hȕsār

Anagrams

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