coral
English
/ˈkɒɹəl/, /ˈkɔɹəl/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps.
- (countable) A colony of marine polyps.
- (countable) A somewhat yellowish pink colour, the colour of red coral.
- The ovaries of a cooked lobster; so called from their colour.
- (historical) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
Etymology
Derived from Old French coral derived from Latin corallium (coral) derived from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον (coral).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κοράλλιον
Gloss
coral
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bells English
- berry English
- coral bells English
- coralberry English
- coraled English
- coralfish English
- coralise English
- coralize English
- corallaceous English
- coraller English
- coralliferous English
- coralliform English
- coralligenous English
- coralligerous English
- corallin English
- corallite English
- corallivore English
- corallivorous English
- coralloid English
- corally English
- coralroot English
- coralwood English
- coralwort English
- fish English
- hexacoral English
- noncoral English
- octocoral English
- precoralloid English
- root English
- wood English
- wort English
- corallium Latin
- corail French
- corailleur French
- κοράλλιον Ancient Greek
- κοραλλιών Ancient Greek
- korall Norwegian Bokmål
- korall Norwegian Nynorsk
- coral Old French
- corallium Old French
- kórall Icelandic
- corael Middle Dutch
- גורל Yiddish
- גּוֹרָל Hebrew (modern)
- coral Old Portuguese
- koralas Lithuanian
- coral Old Spanish
- wort
- wood
- fish
- root
- bells
- berry
- coraled
- corally
- corallin
- coralise
- coraller
- coralize
- noncoral
- hexacoral
- octocoral
- coralwood
- coralfish
- coralroot
- corallite
- coralloid
- coralwort
- coralberry
- coralliform
- coral bells
- corallivore
- corallaceous
- precoralloid
- coralliferous
- corallivorous
- coralligenous
- coralligerous