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Definition: CORBIE |
CORBIENoun1. Alt. of Corby |
Date "CORBIE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Etymology: Corbie \Cor"bie\ or Corby \Cor"by\ (k[^o]r"b[y^]), noun; plural Corbies(-b[i^]z). [French corbeau, Old French corbel, diminutive from Latin corvus raven.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | CORBIE |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CORBIE |
| English words defined with "CORBIE": corbie-step. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "CORBIE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "CORBIE" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 88.89% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (singular) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "CORBIE": Corbie crow ♦ corbie gable. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "CORBIE": corbie-step. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
corbie | 25 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CORBIE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Korb (carrion crow, Raven). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Ð"арван (Raven). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Vrána (crow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کلاغ لاشخور(ج.ش.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Holló (Raven). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orbiecay corvo (crow, raven). (various references) Ð'орон (Raven). (various references) Grajo Negro. (various references) LeÅŸkargası, Kuzgun (gray crow, grey crow, Raven). (various references) чорна Ð'орона, Крук (Raven). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Corbeiam. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CORBIE": corbies. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-i-o-r" | |
-1 letter: boric. | |
-2 letters: bice, bier, bore, brie, brio, cero, cire, coir, core, crib, rice, robe. | |
-3 letters: bio, bro, cob, cor, ice, ire, obe, obi, orb, orc, ore, reb, rec, rei, rib, rob, roc, roe. | |
-4 letters: be, bi, bo, er, oe, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-e-i-o-r" | |
+1 letter: aerobic, bicorne, bricole, brioche, cobbier, corbeil, corbies, microbe. | |
+2 letters: aerobics, albicore, bichrome, bicornes, bisector, blockier, boracite, botchier, bouncier, braciole, bricoles, brioches, cabriole, combiner, corbeils, forcible, microbes. | |
+3 letters: aerobatic, albicores, anaerobic, bacteroid, bicolored, biometric, bisectors, blotchier, boracites, bracioles, bricolage, cabrioles, cabriolet, carbonize, chemisorb, coercible, colubrine, combiners, conscribe, corbeille, corbeling, embryonic, iceboater, kickboxer, microbeam, microbrew, obstetric, prebiotic, proscribe, recombine, recombing, rockabies. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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