corbeau
Syllable Decomposition
corbeaufrom Old French corbel, derived from corb, corp, from the Gaulish popular Latin corbus, in classical Latin corvus, of the same meaning. The sense of 'author of anonymous letters' dates back to the Angèle Laval affair, which flooded Tulle with anonymous letters in 1920. The affair inspired the film The Raven by Henri-Georges Clouzot, in which a series of anonymous letters signed 'the raven' descends on a small French town.
Definitions
- ornithologie
- zoologie
- histoire
- architecturemaçonnerie
- antiquité
Synonyms
Feminine
corbelle
Plural
corbeaux
Translations
german:Corvus
english:harpago
arabic:غراب, غُراب
chinese:乌鸦
korean:까마귀
danish:krage
spanish:corvus
finnish:korppi
greek:κόρακας
italian:corvo
japanese:鴉
dutch:corvus
polish:kruk
portuguese:corvus
russian:ворон
swedish:korp
turkish:kuzgun
See also
coracien (adj.) Corbeau (pn.)