different between annulus vs cortina

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin annulus.

Noun

annulus (plural annuluses or annuli)

1. A ring- or donut-shaped area or structure.
2. (geometry) The region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radii.
3. (topology) Any topological space homeomorphic to the region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radius.
4. (astronomy) The ring of the sun not covered by the moon in an annular solar eclipse.
5. (botany) Structure in a fern that consists of differentially thick-walled cells on a sporangium that bend and distort as a result of drying.
6. (mycology) The membranous remnants of a partial veil which leaves a ring on the stem of a mushroom.
7. (oil and gas production) The space contained between the centre well bore and any external tubing. Sometimes used for separated gas flow.

Synonyms

• (topological space): cylinder

Hyponyms

• (ring-shaped structure): torus

Related terms

• annular

Derived terms

• annulate
• annulation

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a?n.nu.lus/, [?ä?n?????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?an.nu.lus/, [??n?ulus]

Noun

?nnulus m (genitive ?nnul?); second declension

1. Alternative form of ?nulus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

• English: annulus, annulet

References

• annulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• annulus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• annulus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cortina (“veil”).

Noun

cortina (plural cortinas)

1. (mycology) A cobweb-like annulus on certain types of mushroom.

Derived terms

See also

• velum

Anagrams

• C-ration, Nicotra, anticor, carotin, nicator

Aragonese

Etymology

From Late Latin cort?na (“curtain”), from Latin cort?na (“cauldron”).

Noun

cortina f (plural cortinas)

1. curtain

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) , “cortina”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, ?ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin cort?na (“curtain”), from Latin cort?na (“cauldron”).

Noun

cortina f (plural cortines)

1. curtain (piece of cloth covering a window)

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan cortina, from Late Latin cort?na (“curtain”), from Latin cort?na (“cauldron”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ku??ti.n?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kur?ti.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ko??ti.na/

Noun

cortina f (plural cortines)

1. curtain

Galician

Alternative forms

• curtiña

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. Probably from Old Spanish cortina, from Late Latin cort?na (“curtain”), from cortem, accusative singular of cors (“enclosure”). Doublet of cortiña (“garden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko??tin?]

Noun

cortina f (plural cortinas)

1. curtain (cloth)
   • 1326, López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica. page 295:

     mando esta mia cama assy como iaz con sous panos et con suas cortinas et ceo

     I bequeath this my bed, as it is, with its clothes and with its curtains and ceiling

References

• “cortina” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “cortina” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “cortina” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cortina” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cortina” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin cort?na (“curtain”), from Latin cort?na (“cauldron”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kor?ti.na/
• Hyphenation: cor?ti?na

Noun

cortina f (plural cortine)

1. curtain

Derived terms

• cortina di ferro (“Iron Curtain”)
• oltrecortina

Anagrams

• cantori
• cartoni
• contrai
• incarto, incartò
• riconta
• trancio, tranciò
• troncai

Latin

Etymology

Sometimes imputed to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”), but dubious.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kor?ti?.na/, [k?r?t?i?nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kor?ti.na/, [k?r?t?i?n?]

Noun

cort?na f (genitive cort?nae); first declension

1. cauldron, kettle
2. the sacred tripod of Apollo, metonymically for the curved seat or covering; Oracle
3. (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical) curtain, after the resemblance of the curve of an amphitheatre to a cauldron

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• cort?nipot?ns

Descendants

References

• cortina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cortina in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cortina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cortina in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cortina in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan cortina, from Late Latin cort?na (“curtain”), from Latin cort?na (“cauldron”).

Noun

cortina f (plural cortinas)

1. curtain

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin cort?na (“curtain”), from Latin cort?na (“cauldron”).

Adjective

cortina f (oblique plural cortinas, nominative singular cortina, nominative plural cortinas)

1. curtain

Descendants

• Catalan: cortina
• Occitan: cortina

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “cortina”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20, page 1236

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cortina, cortinha, from Late Latin cort?na (“curtain”), from Latin cort?na (“cauldron”), from cortem, accusative singular of cors (“enclosure”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko?.?t??i.na/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku?.?ti.n?/
• Hyphenation: cor?ti?na

Noun

cortina f (plural cortinas)

1. curtain (piece of cloth covering a window)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “cortina” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin cort?na (“curtain”), from Latin cort?na (“cauldron”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko??tina/, [ko??t?i.na]
• Hyphenation: cor?ti?na
• Rhymes: -ina

Noun

cortina f (plural cortinas)

1. curtain

   Synonym: telón

Derived terms

• cortinilla
• Cortina de Hierro
• cortina de humo

Descendants

• ? Bikol Central: kurtina
• ? Cebuano: kortina
• ? Sambali: kortina
• ? Tagalog: kurtina
• ? Yogad: kurtina

Further reading

• “cortina” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.