Etymology

From Old Portuguese cortiça, from Latin corticea, feminine of corticeus ‎(“of cork, of bark”), from cortex ‎(“bark, cork”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker- ‎(“cut”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /koɻ.ˈt͡ʃi.sa/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾ.ˈti.sɐ/
• Hyphenation: cor‧ti‧ça