corea

See also: Corea, coreá, and coreà

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin chorēa, from Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía, “a type of dance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kuˈɾe̞.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈɾe.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈɾe.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [koˈɾe.a]

Noun

corea f (plural corees)

1. (pathology) chorea

   Synonym: ball de Sant Vito

Further reading

• “corea”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Italian

Etymology

From Latin chorea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈrɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Hyphenation: co‧rè‧a

Noun

corea f (plural coree)

1. (pathology) chorea

Further reading

• “corea¹”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• acero

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈɾea/ [koˈɾe.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: co‧re‧a
• Homophone: Corea

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer-der.?

Ancient Greek χορός (khorós)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)

Ancient Greek -είᾱ (-eíā)

Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía)bor.

Latin chorēader.

Spanish corea

Derived from Latin chorēa, borrowed from Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía, “dance; circling motion”). Doublet of jauría.

Noun

corea f (plural coreas)

1. (pathology) chorea

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

corea

1. inflection of corear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “corea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026