corso
Asturian
Adjective
corso
- neuter of corsu
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian corso, from Latin cursus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔr.soː/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: cor‧so
- Rhymes: -ɔrsoː
Noun
corso n (plural corso's, diminutive corsootje n)
Derived terms
Galician
Adjective
corso (feminine corsa, masculine plural corsos, feminine plural corsas)
Noun
corso m (plural corsos, feminine corsa, feminine plural corsas)
- Corsican (person)
Related terms
Further reading
- “corso”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Italian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkor.so/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -orso
- Hyphenation: cór‧so
Noun
corso m (plural corsi)
- course (of a river, of a university, etc.)
- stream, waterway
- avenue (especially in the names of streets)
- strip (a street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities)
- circulation (of money)
- subject
Derived terms
- in corso (“in progress, under way”)
Related terms
Descendants
- → German: Korso
Participle
corso (feminine corsa, masculine plural corsi, feminine plural corse)
- past participle of correre
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔr.so/
- Rhymes: -ɔrso
- Hyphenation: còr‧so
Adjective
corso (feminine corsa, masculine plural corsi, feminine plural corse)
Derived terms
Noun
corso m (plural corsi, feminine corsa)
- Corsican (native or inhabitant of Corsica) (usually male)
Noun
corso m (uncountable)
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
corsō
- dative/ablative singular masculine/neuter of corsus
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkoʁ.su/ [ˈkoh.su]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈkoɾ.su/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈkoʁ.su/ [ˈkoχ.su]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkoɻ.so/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkoɾ.su/
- Hyphenation: cor‧so
Etymology 1
Adjective
corso (feminine corsa, masculine plural corsos, feminine plural corsas, not comparable)
Related terms
Noun
corso m (plural corsos, feminine corsa, feminine plural corsas)
Etymology 2
From Latin cursus. Doublet of the borrowed curso.
Alternative forms
- côrso (pre-reform spelling)
- cosso
Noun
corso m (plural corsos)
- (dated) a state-authorized offensive to enemy merchant vessels
- (by extension) a barbaric life of wandering and pillaging
- a parade of floats
- a school of sardines
Related terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoɾso/ [ˈkoɾ.so]
- Rhymes: -oɾso
- Syllabification: cor‧so
Adjective
corso (feminine corsa, masculine plural corsos, feminine plural corsas)
Noun
corso m (plural corsos, feminine corsa, feminine plural corsas)
- Corsican (person)
- privateering
Derived terms
Further reading
- “corso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024