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Definition: Cortina |
CortinaNoun1. A cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Cortina The skin of the serpent Pytho, which covered the tripod of the Pythoness when she delivered her oracles. "Tripodas cortina tegit" (Prudentius: Apophthegmata, 506); also the tripod itself, or the place where the oracle was delivered. (Virgil: AEneid, vi. 345.) "Neque te Phoebi cortina fefellit." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: Cortina |
| English words defined with "cortina": Gymnopilus validipes, Gymnopilus ventricosus ♦ partial veil ♦ velum. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cortina" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (curtain, hanging, screen), Latin (arch, cauldron, curtain, kettle, vault, water-organ), Occitan (curtain), Portuguese (blind, break wind, curtain, drapery, facing, net curtain, purdah, rag, wind break), Spanish (blower, coulisse, curtain, Pall, screen, sheet, umbrella). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Cortina di cristallo (1958) La Cortina verde (1918) Cortina de Vidro (1989) | |
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 | The Cortina / from sketch by our special artist, C.E.H. Bonwill. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Dolomiti, Cortina / Lenhart. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Cortina" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 94.29% of the time. "Cortina" is used about 35 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) | 94.29% | 33 | 60,273 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.71% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 35 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "cortina" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cortina | Last name | 1,000 | 18,281 |
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| 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. |
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 26, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Penthkonta agkulaV poihseiV th aulaia th mia kai penthkonta agkulaV poihseiV ek tou merouV thV aulaiaV kata thn sumbolhn thV deuteraV antiproswpoi antipiptousai allhlaiV eiV ekasthn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quinquagenas ansulas cortina habebit in utraque parte ita insertas ut ansa contra ansam veniat et altera alteri possit aptari |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The curtyn shal haue fifti oiletis in either parti, so set in, that o oylete may come ayen another, and `the other may be leide to `the other. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Fyftie louppes shalt thou make in the one curtayne, ad fiftie in the edge of the other that is couppled therwith on the other syde: so that the louppes be one ouer agenste a nother. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Fifty twists on one curtain and fifty on the other, the twists to be opposite one another. |
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| Language | Exodus Chapter 26, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Kalim-an ka galong pagabuhaton mo sa usa ka cortina, ug kalim-an ka galong pagabuhaton mo sa daplin sa cortina nga anaa sa ikaduha nga gitakdoan: ang mga galong manag-atbang ang usa ug usa. |
| Croatian | Napravi pedeset petlji na rubu jednoga sastavljenog komada od zavjesa, a pedeset pri rubu drugoga. Neka su petlje naèinjene jedna spram druge. |
| Danish | du skal sætte halvtredsindstyve Løkker på det ene Tæppe og halvtredsindstyve Løkker i Kanten af det tilsvarende Tæppe i det andet sammensyede Stykke, Løkke lige over for Løkke. |
| Dutch | Vijftig striklisjes zult gij aan de ene gordijn maken, en vijftig striklisjes zult gij maken aan het uiterste der gordijn, dat aan de tweede samenvoegende is; deze striklisjes zullen het ene aan het andere samenvatten. |
| Finnish | Tee viisikymmentä silmukkaa ensimmäiseen kaistaan, ja tee viisikymmentä silmukkaa vastaavan kaistan laitaan, toiseen yhdistettyyn kappaleeseen, niin että silmukat ovat kohdakkain. |
| French | Tu mettras cinquante lacets au premier tapis, et tu mettras cinquante lacets au bord du tapis terminant le second assemblage; ces lacets se correspondront les uns aux autres. |
| German | fünfzig Schleifen an jegliches Stück, daß eine Schleife der andern gegenüberstehe. |
| Haitian Creole | W'a fè senkant pasan nan premye lèz premye gwoup la, ak senkant pasan nan dènye lèz dezyèm gwoup la. W'a fè yo koresponn de pa de. |
| Hungarian | Ötven hurkot csinálj az egyik kárpiton; ötven hurkot csinálj ama kárpit szélén is, a mely a másik egybefoglalásban van; egyik hurok a másiknak általellenében legyen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | lima puluh sangkutan pada masing-masing layar. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lima puluh tali kancing hendaklah kauperbuat pada kelambu sehelai dan lima puluh tali kancing pada sisi kelambu yang lain, pada tempat perhubungannya, segala tali kancing itu bertentangan satu dengan satu. |
| Italian | Farai cinquanta cordoni al primo telo e farai cinquanta cordoni all'estremità della seconda sutura: i cordoni corrisponderanno l'uno all'altro. |
| Maori | Kia rima tekau nga koropiko e hanga e koe ki tetahi pihi, kia rima tekau hoki nga koropiko e hanga ki te taha o te pihi e honoa mai ai te rua, kia hangai ai nga koropiko tetahi ki tetahi. |
| Norwegian | Femti hemper skal du gjøre på det ene teppe, og femti hemper skal du gjøre på det teppe som er der hvor den andre sammenfesting skal være; hempene skal være like mot hverandre, den ene mot den andre. |
| Portuguese | a saber, cinqüenta laçadas na orla de uma cortina, e cinqüenta laçadas na orla da outra; as laçadas serão contrapostas uma à outra. |
| Rumanian | La cel dintqi covor sq faci cincizeci de chiotori, iar la marginea covorului cu care se sfkrwewte a doua kmpreunare de covoare sq faci tot cincizeci de chiotori. Chiotorile acestea sq se potriveascq unele cu altele wi sq vinq fayq kn fayq. |
| Swedish | Femtio öglor skall du sätta på den ena våden, och femtio öglor skall du sätta ytterst på motsvarande våd i det andra hopfogade stycket, så att öglorna svara emot varandra. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: carotin. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-n-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: action, aortic, aroint, atonic, cantor, carton, cation, citron, contra, cortin, craton, ration. | |
-2 letters: acorn, actin, actor, antic, cairn, canto, coati, coria, cotan, intro, narco, naric, nitro, noria, octan, ontic, orcin, racon, ratio, riant, taroc, tonic, toric, train, triac, trona. | |
-3 letters: airn, airt, anti, arco, cain, cant, carn, cart, ciao, cion, coat, coin, coir. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-n-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: anoretic, anorthic, antirock, carotins, carrotin, caryotin, cilantro, contrail, cratonic, creation, fraction, narcotic, raincoat, reaction, romantic, tornadic, traction. | |
+2 letters: accretion, anchorite, anorectic, anoretics, antechoir, anthropic, cantorial, carnation, carnotite, carrotins, cartoning, caryotins, cavorting, chromatin, cilantros, consortia, constrain, container, contrails, covariant, crayonist, creations, cremation, crenation, croissant, doctrinal, factoring, fornicate, fractions, furcation, incubator, indicator, manticore, mortician, narcotics, narcotize, outracing, pantropic, prolactin, raincoats, reactions, redaction, romantics, suctorian, tractions, transonic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 72 74 69 6E 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- .-. - .. -. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01110010 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o r t i n a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0072 0074 0069 006E 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37818486758067 |
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