different between zorb vs corb

English

Etymology

Originally the trademarked name of a particular brand of sphere; perhaps from orb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z??(?)b/

Noun

zorb (plural zorbs)

1. (sports) A large, transparent, inflatable ball, inside which a person may be secured and then rolled downhill

Synonyms

• hypersphere, hydrosphere

Verb

zorb (third-person singular simple present zorbs, present participle zorbing, simple past and past participle zorbed)

1. (sports) To roll downhill or engage in sports in a zorb ball.

Related terms

• zorbonaut
• zorbing

Anagrams

• Broz

English

Etymology

Latin corbis (“basket”).

Noun

corb (plural corbs)

1. A basket used in coal mines, etc.; a corf.
2. (architecture) An ornament in a building; a corbel.

Anagrams

• CBOR, COBR, RBOC

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?k??p/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?k?rp/

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *?orh?wós.

Noun

corb m (plural corbs, feminine corba)

1. crow

Etymology 2

From Latin curvus.

Adjective

corb (feminine corba, masculine plural corbs, feminine plural corbes)

1. curved

   Antonyms: recte, dret

Derived terms

• corba

Related terms

• corbar
• encorbar

Related terms

• curvatura

Further reading

• “corb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “corb” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “corb” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “corb” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *?orh?wós. Compare Aromanian corbu, Albanian korb, Italian corvo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /korb/

Noun

corb m (plural corbi)

1. raven (bird)
   • 1852, Vasile Alecsandri, Novac ?i corbul, chapter II, line 14-17:

     Un corb negru, corbi?or

     Ce zbura înceti?or

     ?i din aripi tot b?tea

     ?i cu jale cronc?nea.

     E-atras de doliul sarcastic

     Ce-l poart? aripile tale!

2. brown meagre (fish)

Declension

Synonyms

• (bird): cloncan, croncan (popular)

Derived terms

Related terms

• corac
• coraciiforme
• coraco-
• coracoid

See also

• cioar?
• corvid

References

• corb in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)