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kore

Pronunciation: /ˈkoɾe/

“kore” is an Albanian word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. scrub, crust (of baked products, wounds)
  2. tree bark
  3. brain cortex, Earth crust
  4. scab (crust on a wound)
  5. chicory
  6. shame, disgrace
  7. quarter
  8. bogey, scarecrow, mask
  9. bedbug

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kāsra, from Proto-Indo-European *kars (“to scratch, rub”). Compare Lithuanian kar̃šti (“comb, curry”), Latvian kā̀ršu (“wool comb”), Latin cardus (“thistle”), Middle High German harsten (“become hard, rough”).

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