French

Verb

corsa

1. third-person singular past historic of corser

Italian

Etymology 1

Latin, whence English course, French course.

Noun

corsa f ‎(plural corse)

1. (athletics) run, running
2. (sports) race, racing
3. trip, journey
4. movement (of a pendulum)
5. stroke (of a piston)

Related terms

• correre
• corridore

See also

• podismo
• podista

Etymology 2

See corso

Noun

corsa f ‎(plural corse)

1. Corsican (a woman from Corsica)

Adjective

corsa f

1. feminine singular of corso

Anagrams

• Carso, sacro, scora

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek κόρση ‎(kórsē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.sa/, [ˈkɔr.sa]

Noun

corsa f ‎(genitive corsae); first declension

1. (architecture) The outer strip in the molding about a door, a girder

Inflection

First declension.

References

• corsae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• CORSA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “corsa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.