cortex

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• General-American: /ˈkɔɹtɛks/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːtɛks/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder. Latin cortexbor. English cortex Borrowed from Latin cortex (“cork, bark”).

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: ҡабыҡ (qabıq) — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Bulgarian: ципа (cipa) — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Catalan: còrtex — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Chinese Mandarin: 皮质 (pízhì) — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Czech: kůra — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Finnish: kuori — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• French: cortex — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• German: Rinde — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• German: Cortex — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• German: Kortex — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Greek: φλοιός (floiós) — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Hungarian: kéreg — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Ido: kortico — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Irish: coirtéis — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Khmer: សំបក (sɑmbɑɑk) — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Korean: 피질 (pijil) — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Northern Kurdish: tûkil — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Norwegian Bokmål: bark — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bork — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Polish: kora — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Portuguese: córtex — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Russian: кора (kora) — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Thai: เปลือก (bplʉ̀ʉak) — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Welsh: breithell — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Welsh: gwisg — outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
• Bulgarian: кора (kora) — tissue of a stem or root
• French: cortex — tissue of a stem or root
• Hungarian: kéreg — tissue of a stem or root
• Northern Kurdish: tûkil — tissue of a stem or root
• Latin: cortex — tissue of a stem or root
• Polish: kora — tissue of a stem or root
• Portuguese: córtex — tissue of a stem or root
• Tagalog: luknap — tissue of a stem or root