decorticate

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• UK: /diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt/
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The verb is first attested in 1611, the adjective in 1872; borrowed from Latin dēcorticātus, perfect passive participle of dēcorticō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- (“of, from”) + cortex (“bark”, oblique stem in cortic-) + -ō.

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: zhvoshk — peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something
• Bulgarian: обелвам (obelvam) — peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something
• Catalan: escorxar — peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something
• French: décortiquer — peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something
• Icelandic: afhýða — peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something
• Irish: snamh — peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something
• Irish: rúisc — peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something
• Norwegian Bokmål: avbarke — peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something
• Norwegian Bokmål: slindbarke — peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something
• Spanish: descortezar — peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something
• Catalan: decorticar — surgically remove the surface layer
• French: décortiquer — surgically remove the surface layer