core

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kô, IPA(key): /kɔː/ (General American) enPR: kôr, IPA(key): /kɔɹ/, [kʰo̞ɹ] Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Homophones: corps; caw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger) (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ko(ː)ɹ/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /koə/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English core, kore, coor (“apple-core, pith”), of obscure and uncertain origin. Possibly of native English origin, from Old English *cor, related to Old English *coruc, *corc (diminutive) (> Middle English cork, crok (“core of an apple or other fruit, heart of an onion”)) and Old English corn (“seed", also "grain”); or alternatively perhaps from Old French cuer (“heart”), from Latin cor (“heart”); or from Old French cors (“body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). Compare also Middle English colk, coke, coll (“the heart or centre of an apple or onion, core”), Dutch kern (“core”), German Kern (“core”). See also heart, corpse. Compare typologically Russian серде́чник (serdéčnik), сердцеви́на (serdcevína)) (akin to се́рдце (sérdce), cognate with heart, Latin cor). ==== Noun ==== core (countable and uncountable, plural cores) In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things. The central part of a fruit, containing the kernels or seeds. The heart or inner part of a physical thing. The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax. The center or inner part of a space or area. The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence. A technical term for classification of things denoting those parts of a category that are most easily or most likely understood as within it. (botany) The main and most diverse monophyletic group within a clade or taxonomic group. (game theory) The set of feasible allocations that cannot be improved upon by a subset (a coalition) of the economy's agents. (art) A thematic aesthetic; objects related to a specific topic particular parts of technical instruments or machines essential in function: (engineering, manufacturing) The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part. Coordinate term: cavity (computing, informal, historical) Ellipsis of core memory (“magnetic data storage”). (computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor). (engineering) The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material. (engineering, nuclear physics) The inner part of a nuclear reactor, in which the nuclear reaction takes place. (military) The central fissile portion of a fission weapon. A piece of ferromagnetic material (e.g., soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field. (printing) A hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard around which a web of paper or plastic is wound. Hence particular parts of a subject studied or examined by technical operations, likened by position and practical or structural robustness to kernels, cores in the general sense above. (medicine) A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy. The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals. A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver. (biochemistry) The central part of a protein's structure, consisting mostly of hydrophobic amino acids. A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling. (physics) An atomic nucleus plus inner electrons (i.e., an atom, except for its valence electrons). ===== Synonyms ===== (The most important part of a thing): crux, gist; See also Thesaurus:gist ===== Hyponyms ===== (central part of fruit): apple core (inner part of a physical thing): bifacial core (cylindrical sample): drill core ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Translingual: core eudicots, core Malvales ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== core (not comparable) Forming the most important or essential part. (board sports) Deeply and authentically involved in the culture surrounding the sport. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== core (third-person singular simple present cores, present participle coring, simple past and past participle cored) To remove the core of an apple or other fruit. To cut or drill through the core of (something). To extract a sample with a drill. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === See corps. ==== Noun ==== core (plural cores) (obsolete) A body of individuals; an assemblage. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === See chore. ==== Noun ==== core (plural cores) A miner's underground working time or shift. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 4 === From Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr). ==== Noun ==== core (plural cores) (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume. === Etymology 5 === Possibly an acronym for cash on return. ==== Noun ==== core (plural cores) (automotive, machinery, aviation, marine) A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded on return of a used, rebuildable part, or the returned rebuildable part itself. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 6 === From -core, ultimately from Etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== core (plural cores) (neologism) An aesthetic ending in the suffix -core, such as cottagecore, normcore, etc. === References === === Anagrams === ROCE, cero, cero-, creo, ocre == Corsican == === Alternative forms === cori === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n. === Noun === core m (plural cori) heart === Further reading === “core” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa == Istriot == === Alternative forms === cor, cour === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n. Compare Italian cuore. === Noun === core heart Ti son la manduleîna del mio core; You are the almond of my heart. == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.re/ Rhymes: -ɔre Hyphenation: cò‧re === Noun === core (regional or archaic) alternative form of cuore === Anagrams === c'ero, cero, cerò, creo, creò, ocre, reco, recò == Latin == === Noun === core ablative singular of coris == Middle English == === Alternative forms === coor, kore === Etymology === Unknown; derivation from either Old French cuer (“heart”) or cors (“body”) has been suggested, though both possibilities pose serious problems. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔːr(ə)/ === Noun === core (plural cores) core (centre of a fruit) (rare, by extension) The middle of something. ==== Descendants ==== English: coreTranslingual: core eudicots, core Malvales Yola: core ==== References ==== “cōre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Core, sb.1”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume II (C), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 989, column 3. == Neapolitan == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n. === Pronunciation === (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈkɔːrə] (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): [ˈkoːrə] === Noun === core m (plural cuore) heart T'alluntane da stu core ― You are walking away from this heart === References === AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 137: “il cuore” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it Giacco, Giuseppe (2003), “còre”, in Schedario Napoletano == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English core. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== core m (plural cores) (computer architecture) core (independent unit in a processor with several such units) Synonym: núcleo === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Verb ==== core inflection of corar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Sardinian == === Alternative forms === coro (Logudorese) coru (Campidanese) === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n. The Logudorese form reflects the replacement of earlier /-e/ with an echo vowel based on the /o/ of the preceding syllable. (Final echo vowels are common across Sardinian dialects.) The Campidanese form reflects, in addition to that, the dialect's general merger of final unstressed /o/ into /u/. === Noun === core m (plural cores) (Nuorese) heart === References === Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “kòre”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg == Spanish == === Noun === core acronym of Consejero Regional === Proper noun === core acronym of Consejo Regional == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English core. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔːr/ === Noun === core heart Synonym: hearth === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114