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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

corteccia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: corteccia

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bark/bɑːrk/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2450 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La corteccia dell'albero protegge il tronco."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The tough outer covering of a woody tree.

    "The deer rubbed its antlers against the bark of the oak tree."
  2. 2

    The sharp, explosive cry of a dog or other animal.

    "We heard the sharp bark of a fox in the woods."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old Norse 'bǫrkʀ' (bark of a tree), related to Old High German 'barch' and Middle Dutch 'berch'. The term has evolved from primarily describing the protective outer layer of woody plants to also encompassing the sharp vocal sound made by canines.

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