# corte
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin cōrtem, accusative of cōrs, shortened version of Latin cohors (“court; enclosure”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkoɾte/ [ˈkoɾ.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -oɾte
* Syllabification: cor‧te

### Noun

corte f (plural cortes)
* court
* courtyard

### Noun

corte m (plural cortes)
* cut, haircut
* cutter

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Deverbal of cortar or borrowed from Spanish corte.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔɾte/ [ˈkɔɾ.t̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -ɔɾte
* Hyphenation: cor‧te

#### Noun

corte m (plural cortes)
* a cut
* a cutting edge

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese corte (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cōrtem, accusative of cōrs, shortened version of Latin cohors (“court; enclosure”). The traditional meaning, stable, is already attested in 10th century, in local Medieval Latin documents. The meaning Royal court is attested in the 13th century.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkoɾte/ [ˈkoɾ.t̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -oɾte
* Hyphenation: cor‧te

#### Noun

corte f (plural cortes)
* stable
** 1278, J. I. Fernández de Viana y Vieites, editor, Colección diplomática del monasterio de Santa María de Pantón, Lugo: Deputación, page 36:e fagades y casas alí hu deven a estar, celeyro e coziña e corte, e estas casas deven a seer feytas en estes quatro anos primeiros que veẽ.and you should build there houses, a barn, kitchen and stable; and this houses must be build during the next four years
* court (the residence of a sovereign)
* (figurative, dated) the government
* (in the plural) the parliament

##### Derived terms

* cortello (“pigsty”)
* Cortes
* cortiña (“small walled plot of farmland”)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

corte
* inflection of cortar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “corte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “corte”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “corte”, 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), “corte”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “corte”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin cōrtem, shortened version of Latin cohors (“court; enclosure”). Doublet of the borrowing coorte.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkor.te/
* Rhymes: -orte
* Hyphenation: cór‧te

### Noun

corte f (plural corti)
* courtyard
* court

#### Derived terms

* corte marziale
* cortigiana

### Further reading

* corte in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* corte in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* corte in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* corte in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* corte in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* corte in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* certo, recto, torce

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkoːr.te/, [ˈkoːrt̪ɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkor.te/, [ˈkɔrt̪e]

### Noun

cōrte
* ablative singular of cōrs

## Middle English
### Noun

corte
* Alternative form of court

## Neapolitan
### Adjective

corte f pl
* feminine plural of curto

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Deverbal of cortar.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkɔh.t͡ʃi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkɔh.t͡ʃi]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈkɔɾ.t͡ʃi/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈkɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkɔχ.t͡ʃi]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔɻ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɔɾ.tɨ/
* Hyphenation: cor‧te

#### Noun

corte m (plural cortes)
* cut
** the act of cutting
    O corte tem de ser preciso. ― The cut needs to be precise.
** visible result of a cut (e.g. a wound or damage to an object)
    Tenho um corte no meu dedo! ― I have a cut on my finger!
** haircut
    Esse é um corte elegante. ― That is an elegant cut.
** (finance) reduction in expenses
    Cortes serão necessários para evitar prejuízo. ― Cuts will be necessary to avoid loss.
* cutting edge
    Esta faca tem um bom corte. ― This knife has a good cutting edge.
* (fashion) a particular style or way certain pieces are made
    corte inglês ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Synonym: talhe
* suspension (the act of stopping a habitual activity or the flow of something)
    Se não pagar a companhia, sofrerá corte de energia. ― If you don't pay the company, you will experience power suspension.

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:corte.

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese corte, from Latin cōrtem, shortened version of Latin cohors (“court; enclosure”). Doublet of coorte, a borrowing.

#### Alternative forms

* côrte (pre-reform spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkoʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkoh.t͡ʃi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkoʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkoh.t͡ʃi]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈkoɾ.t͡ʃi/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈkoʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkoχ.t͡ʃi]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkoɻ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkoɾ.tɨ/
* Hyphenation: cor‧te

#### Noun

corte f (plural cortes)
* a court
* stable

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:corte.

##### Alternative forms

* côrte (superseded)

##### Descendants

* → Malayalam: കോടതി (kōṭati)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkɔh.t͡ʃi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkɔh.t͡ʃi]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈkɔɾ.t͡ʃi/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈkɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈkɔχ.t͡ʃi]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔɻ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɔɾ.tɨ/
* Hyphenation: cor‧te

#### Verb

corte
* inflection of cortar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “corte”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “corte”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “corte”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “corte”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “corte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkoɾte/ [ˈkoɾ.t̪e]
* Audio (Latin America):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾte
* Syllabification: cor‧te

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of cortar (“to cut”).

#### Noun

corte m (plural cortes)
* cut (the act of cutting)
* cut (the result of cutting)
* cut (an opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound)
    Synonym: (Latin America) cortada
* haircut
* (colloquial) embarrassment
    Synonym: vergüenza
    Me da corte hacerlo.I'm embarrassed to do it.
* style or type
    Hay varios cortes de mediocampista. Necesitamos un mediocampista de corte defensivo, un jugador con un corte parecido al del ghanés Thomas Partey.There are many types of midfielder. We need a defensive-type midfielder, a player with a style similar to that of Ghana's Thomas Partey.
* cross section
    Synonym: sección transversal
** 1993, Francisco Carrasco Cantos, Geología de la Cueva de Nerja:En este trabajo se incluye un mapa geológico que se ha realizado exclusivamente para esta publicación y una serie de cortes geológicos que nos ponen de manifiesto la estructura geológica de la regiónThis work contains a geological map made exclusively for this publication and a series of geological cross-sections that explain the geological structure of the region.

##### Derived terms

* alicates de corte
* corte de manga
* corte de mangas
* corte de pelo
* corte militar
* corte superior
* hacer la corte
* nota de corte
* toma corte

##### Related terms

* corto

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

corte
* inflection of cortar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin cōrtem, shortened version of Latin cohors (“court; enclosure”). Doublet of the borrowed cohorte.

#### Noun

corte f (plural cortes)
* court (the hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered)

##### Derived terms

* corte de apelación
* corte de casación
* corte marcial
* Corte Penal Internacional
* corte suprema
* Cortes Generales
* cortesana
* cortesano

##### Related terms

* áulico
* cortesano
* curial

##### Descendants

* → Cebuano: korte
* → Tagalog: korte
* → Yogad: korte

### Further reading

* “corte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* cetro, recto, troce, trocé

## Tarantino
### Etymology

From Latin curtus.

### Adjective

corte
* short