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correi

UK/ˈkɒɹɪaɪ/

correi is the alternative form of corrie.

correi is the plural of correus.

Meaning of corrie

Noun

corrie (plural corries)

  1. (Scotland) A bowl-shaped geographical feature formed by glaciation.
    • Fleet foot on the correi, / Sage counsel in cumber, Red hand in the foray, / How sound is thy slumber!1810, The Lady of the Lake, Walter Scott, 3.XVI
    Synonyms:
    cirque, combe, cwm

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Meaning of correus

Noun

correus (plural correi)

  1. Synonym of correus debendi.
    • When a creditor will accept ſolutionem particularum vel correi, the debtor or the correus muſt pay1656 June 7, John Thurloe (author) and Thomas Birch (editor), “A letter of intelligence from the Hague, 7 June 1656” in A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe V (London, 1742), page 71
    Synonyms:
    correus debendi

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Forms of correi

pluralcorreis

Phrases with correi

Questions about correi

What is correi the alternative form of?
Correi is the alternative form of corrie.
How do you pronounce correi?
Correi is pronounced /ˈkɒɹɪaɪ/ (UK).

Words near correi in the dictionary

  1. corregidor
  2. Corregidor Day
  3. corregidors
  4. corregimiento
  5. corregimientos
  6. correi
  7. correi debendi
  8. correl
  9. correlary
  10. correlatability
  11. correlatable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: correi (page history and authors); corrie (page history and authors); correus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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