corse
French, noun
corse is spelled C-O-R-S-E (5 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 2,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corse is a French masculine noun meaning “Corsican (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of corser. With a capital, Corse is a different word: “Corsican (person)”. With an accent, corsé is a different word: “strong”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue romane parlée en Corse”.
What does corse mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Corsican
noun
- 1
masculineCorsican (language)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininemasculineCorsican (person)
adjective
- 1
strong
verb
- 1
past participle of corser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la Corse ou à ses habitants, sa langue, ou sa culture.
noun: 1. Langue romane parlée en Corse.
noun: 1. Race à viande de petit taurin, originaire de France (Corse), à robe fauve à grise.
noun: 1. Race mixte d’ovins, originaires de France (Corse), à toison variable et à peau blanche.
noun: 1. Race à lait de petites chèvres, originaires de France (Corse), à robe variable.
noun: 1. Personne pratiquant le coït avec une femme en couple.
adjective: 1. Qui a du corps, de la solidité, de la consistance. 2. Qui a un goût prononcé, en parlant d’un comestible, en particulier d’une boisson.
noun: 1. Personne qui habite la Corse ou en est originaire.
noun: 1. Geste technique consistant à plonger en avant, paume de la main plaquée au sol, afin que la balle ne touche pas le sol, le corps du volleyeur prenant la forme de la Corse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of corse
- corses plural
- Corses plural
- corsée feminine
- corsés masculine plural
- corsées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to corse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is corse in French?
corse appears 26 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).