cortex

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cortex (“cork, bark”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹtɛks/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːtɛks/ Rhymes: -ɔɹtɛks === Noun === cortex (countable and uncountable, plural cortexes or cortices) (countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain. (uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue. (archaeology) The outer surface of a piece of flint. ==== Hyponyms ==== (outer layer of an animalian organ or body structure): ==== Coordinate terms ==== (botany): bark cork ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “cortex”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Noun === cortex m (uncountable) cortex ==== Derived terms ==== cortex préfrontal === Further reading === “cortex”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-, extended from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”), English shear, German scheren, Albanian harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian ski̇̀rti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”), Old Armenian քերեմ (kʻerem, “to scrape, scratch”). See also scortum (“skin, hide”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔr.tɛks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔr.teks] === Noun === cortex m or f (genitive corticis); third declension the bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree; cork the shell or outward part or covering of anything else; body cortex periamygdaloideus ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) life preserver (made of bark) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “cortex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cortex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "cortex", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “cortex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “cortex”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French cortex, Latin cortex. === Noun === cortex n (plural cortexuri) cortex ==== Declension ====