cora

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cora"

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈku.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈko.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈko.ɾa]

Noun

cora f (plural cores)

1. kore

Galician

Alternative forms

• cor

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from cor, but this can't explain the open tonic vowel.

Same root as Portuguese 'cora': i.e. to brown or blush bread. To add colour to the loaf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾa̝/

Noun

cora f (plural coras)

1. small fire lit before the oven for maintaining it hot or to brown the bread

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cora”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cora”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cora”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾˠə/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cora (“stone fence; weir”), from Old Irish corae, from Proto-Celtic *korets. Cognate to Scottish Gaelic cairidh (“weir”).

Noun

cora f (genitive singular cora, nominative plural coraí)

1. weir

Declension

Declension of cora (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cora coraí vocative a chora a choraí genitive cora coraí dative cora coraí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an chora na coraí genitive na cora na gcoraí dative leis an gcora don chora leis na coraí

Alternative inflected forms:

• genitive singular: coradh, corann
• dative singular: coraidh, corainn
• plural: coradha, coraidheacha, coraíocha

Derived terms

• Cora Droma Rúisc (“Carrick-on-Shannon”)

Etymology 2

Noun

cora

1. plural of cor (“twist, (fishing) cast, (dancing) reel”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cora

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cora	chora	gcora

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cora (‘stone fence; weir’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cora”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 182
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cora”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Javanese

Romanization

cora

1. romanization of ꦕꦺꦴꦫ

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔ.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.ra]

Noun

cora f (genitive corae); first declension

1. pupil (of the eye)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cora	corae
genitive	corae	corārum
dative	corae	corīs
accusative	coram	corās
ablative	corā	corīs
vocative	cora	corae

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• wcora (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьčera. Cognate with Upper Sorbian wčera, Polish wczoraj, Czech včera, Russian вчера́ (včerá), Old Church Slavonic вьчєра (vĭčera).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɔ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɔra
• Syllabification: co‧ra

Adverb

cora

1. yesterday

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “cora”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “cora”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Old Javanese

Alternative forms

• corah

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चौर (caura), चोर (cora).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃo.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Hyphenation: co‧ra

Noun

cora

1. thief
2. robber

Adjective

cora

1. thievish
2. treacherous
3. secret

Derived terms

• corabhaya
• corahbhaya
• corapracāra

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦕꦺꦴꦫ (cora) (inherited)

Further reading

• "cora" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀘𑁄𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• चोर (Devanagari script)
• চোর (Bengali script)
• චොර (Sinhalese script)
• စောရ or ၸေႃရ (Burmese script)
• โจร or โจระ (Thai script)
• ᨧᩮᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂຈຣ or ໂຈຣະ (Lao script)
• ចោរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄌𑄮𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चौर (caura), चोर (cora).

Noun

cora m

1. thief, robber, bandit

References

• Maung Tin (1920), The Student's Pali-English Dictionary, Rangoon: British Burma Press.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔɾɐ
• Hyphenation: co‧ra

Verb

cora

1. inflection of corar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

San Juan Colorado Mixtec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish corral.

Noun

corá

1. corral

References

• Stark Campbell, Sara; et al. (1986), Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 9

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾa/ [ˈko.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: co‧ra

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cora f (plural coras)

1. (historical) a territorial subdivision in al-Andalus

Etymology 2

From English quarter (American English).

Noun

cora f (plural coras)

1. (US, El Salvador) a US currency coin worth 25 cents, a quarter

   Synonyms: (New Mexico) cuara, (Panama) cuarto

   Una botella de agua cuesta dos coras.

   A bottle of water is two quarters.

Further reading

• “cora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Wolaytta

Determiner

cora

1. several (consisting of a number more than one (especially, more than two) but not very many)

Synonyms

see daro