different between corse vs corset
corse
English
Etymology
From Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k??s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /k??s/
Noun
corse (plural corses)
- (obsolete) A (living) body.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- that lewd ribauld with vile lust aduaunst / Layd first his filthy hands on virgin cleene, / To spoile her daintie corse so faire and sheene […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- (archaic) A dead body, a corpse.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 214:
- Ambrosio beheld before him that once noble and majestic form, now become a corse, cold, senseless, and disgusting.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 214:
Anagrams
- Crose, ROCEs, Secor, Sorce, ceros, cores, creos, ocres, score
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??s/
Adjective
corse (plural corses)
- Corsican
Noun
corse m (uncountable)
- Corsican (language)
Verb
corse
- first-person singular present indicative of corser
- third-person singular present indicative of corser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of corser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of corser
- second-person singular imperative of corser
Further reading
- “corse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- ocres, score, scoré
Italian
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /?kor.se/, [?kor?s?e]
- Hyphenation: cór?se
Noun
corse f
- plural of corsa
Verb
corse
- third-person singular past historic of correre
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /?k?r.se/, [?k?r?s?e]
- Hyphenation: còr?se
Adjective
corse
- feminine plural of corso
Noun
corse f
- plural of corsa
Anagrams
- Creso
Latin
Adjective
corse
- vocative singular masculine of corsus
corse From the web:
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corset
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French corset.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??(?).s?t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s?t
Noun
corset (plural corsets)
- A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
- (historical) A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.
- (Britain, finance, historical) A regulation that limited the growth of British banks' interest-bearing deposits.
Synonyms
- stays, see also bodice and underbodice
Translations
Derived terms
- corset effect
- corsetry
Verb
corset (third-person singular simple present corsets, present participle corseting or corsetting, simple past and past participle corseted or corsetted)
- (transitive) To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.
- Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.
- (figuratively) To restrict or confine.
- "I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!" she exclaimed.
Anagrams
- Coster, Ectors, Tresco, coster, escort, recost, rectos, scoter, scrote, sector
French
Etymology
From Old French cors (“body”) + -et.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.s?/
Noun
corset m (plural corsets)
- corset
Descendants
Further reading
- “corset” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
From Old French corset, from cors (“body”) + -et.
Noun
corset m (plural corsets)
- (Jersey) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Derived terms
- corset d'oeuvre (“jersey”)
- t-corset (“t-shirt”)
Romanian
Etymology
From French corset.
Noun
corset n (plural corsete)
- corset
Declension
corset From the web:
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- what corsets glow in royale high
- what corset is right for me
- what corset should i get
- what corset to buy
- what corsets do to your organs
- what corsets do they wear in bridgerton
- what corset does to your body
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