View source for coral

{{also|Coral}}
==English==
[[Image:Eunicella cavolinii.jpg|thumb|{{taxlink|Eunicella cavolini|species|'''Eunicella''' cavolinii}} (1), (2)]]

===Etymology===
From {{der|en|fro|coral}} ({{cog|fr|corail}}), from {{der|en|la|corallium}}, from {{der|en|grc|κοράλλιον||coral}}. Probably ultimately of {{der|en|sem|-}} origin,<ref>{{R:grc:Lewy|pages=18–19}}</ref> compare {{cog|he|גּוֹרָל||small pebble|tr=goral}}, {{cog|ar|جَرَل||small stone}}, originally referring to the red variety found in the Mediterranean. Since ancient times, a common [[folk etymology]], accepted by some earlier scholars, connected the word instead to {{noncog|grc|κόρη}} (referring to [[Medusa]]).<ref>See e.g. ''Lithica'' (one of the [[w:Orpheus#Orphic poems and rites|Orphic poems]]), 510-610, and {{w|Pliny the Elder}}, [[w:Natural History (Pliny)|''Natural History'']], book XXXII, line 11.</ref><ref>C. W. King, ''The Natural History of Gems or Decorative Stones'', 1867, Bell & Daldy, London, pp. 100–101.</ref><ref>Liddell and Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', Harpers & Brothers, New York, 1846, p. 792.</ref> Beekes mentions both theories and considers the Semitic one convincing.<ref>{{R:grc:Beekes}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkɒɹəl/|a=RP}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coral.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkɔɚɹəl/|a=GenAm}}
** {{homophones|en|choral}}
** {{audio|en|En-coral.ogg|a=US}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkɔɹəl/|a=Aus}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒɹəl|ɔːɹəl|s1=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|countable}} Any of many species of [[marine]] [[invertebrate]]s in the class {{taxfmt|Anthozoa|class}}, most of which build hard [[calcium carbonate]] [[skeleton]]s and form [[colony|colonies]], or a colony belonging to one of those species.
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} A hard substance made of the [[skeleton]]s of these organisms.
# {{lb|en|countable}} A somewhat [[yellowish]] [[orange]]-[[pink]] [[color]]; the color of [[red coral]] ({{taxlink|Corallium rubrum|species}}) of the Mediterranean Sea, commonly used as an ornament or gem.
#: {{color panel|FF7F50}}
#* {{RQ:Haggard She|passage=The '''coral''' faded even from her lips, till they were as white as Leo's face, and quivered pitifully.}}
# The [[ovary|ovaries]] of a [[cook]]ed [[lobster]]; so called from their color.
# {{lb|en|historical}} A piece of coral, usually fitted with small [[bell]]s and other [[appurtenance]]s, used by children as a [[plaything]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1859| author=w:Wilkie Collins|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/583/583-h/583-h.htm| title=The Woman in White| passage=On the very chair which I used to occupy when I was at work Marian was sitting now, with the child industriously sucking his '''coral''' upon her lap.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|species or colony}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مَرْجَان|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|բուստախութ}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|koral}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|кора́л|m}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|သန္တာ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|corall|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|korál|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|koral|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|koraal|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|koralo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|korall}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|koralli}}
* French: {{t+|fr|corail|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|coral|m}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|მარჯანი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Koralle|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κοράλλι|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|κοράλλιον|n}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|koʻa}}, {{t|haw|ʻākoʻakoʻa}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אַלְמוֹג|m|tr=almóg}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|मूंगा|m}}, {{t+|hi|मूँगा|m}}, {{t+|hi|प्रवाल|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|korall}}, {{t+|hu|virágállat}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|karang}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|珊瑚礁|tr=さんごしょう, sangoshō}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ಹವಳ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|산호초}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|مەرجان}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|korallis|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|koralas|m}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|batu karang}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പവിഴം}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|qroll|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kāoa}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|coralh}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|مرجان|tr=mercan}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|مرجان}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|koralowiec|m-an}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|coral|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|coral|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кора́лл|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|korála|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|coral|m}}, {{t+|es|coralina|f}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|matumbawe}}, {{t|sw|marijani}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|korall|c}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|பவழம்}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ปะการัง}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|mercan}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|san hô}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|קאָראַל|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|substance}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|koral|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مَرْجَان|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|مرجان|m|tr=murgān}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|մարջան}}, {{t+|hy|բուստ}}, {{t+|hy|կորալ}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|পোৱাল}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|mərcan}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|мәрйен}}
* Belarusian: {{t+|be|кара́л|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|প্রবাল}}
* Breton: {{t|br|koural|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|кора́л|m}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|သန္တာ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|corall|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|珊瑚|tr=saan1 wu4}}
*: Eastern Min: {{t|cdo|珊瑚|tr=săng-hù, dăng-hù}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|珊瑚|tr=sân-fù}}
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|珊瑚|tr=soan-ô͘, soan-lô͘, san-ô͘}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|珊瑚|tr=shānhú}}
*: Wu: {{t|wuu|珊瑚}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|korál|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|koral|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|koraal|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|koralo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|korall}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|koralli}}
* French: {{t+|fr|corail|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|coral|m}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|მარჯანი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Koralle|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κοράλλι|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|κοράλλιον|n}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|puna}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אלמוג|m|alt=אַלְמֹג / אלמוג|tr=almóg}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|मूंगा|m}}, {{t+|hi|मूँगा|m}}, {{t+|hi|प्रवाल|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|korall}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|kórall}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|karang}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|corallo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|珊瑚|tr=さんご, sango}}, {{t+|ja|サンゴ|tr=sango}}
* Kalmyk: {{t|xal|шур|sc=Cyrl}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ಹವಳ}}
* Karakalpak: {{t+|kaa|marjan}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|маржан}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ពិទ្រុម}}, {{t|km|ផ្កាថ្ម}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|산호(珊瑚)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|mircan}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|коралл}}, {{t|ky|маржан}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ປະກາລັງ}}, {{t|lo|ປະກາຣັງ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|corallium|n}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|korallis|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|koralas|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|корал|m}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|haran-dranomasina}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|batu karang}}, {{t+|ms|karang}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പവിഴം}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kutakuta}}, {{t|mi|kāoa}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|шүр}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|tóchʼil yooʼí}}
* Nogai: {{t|nog|маржан}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|korall|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|korall|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|coralh|m}}
* Okinawan: {{t|ryu|珊瑚|tr=さんぐ, sangu}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|مرجان|tr=mercan}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|مرجان|m|tr=marǰãn}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|مرجان|tr=marjân}}, {{t+|fa|بسد|tr=bosad}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|koral|m-in}}, {{t|pl|koralowina|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|coral|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|coral|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кора́лл|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|प्रवाल|m}}, {{t+|sa|प्रबाल|m}}, {{t+|sa|विद्रुम|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|корал|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|koral|m}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|කොරල්}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|koral|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|korála|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|coral|m}}, {{t+|es|coralina|f}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|marijani|cn}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|korall|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|sagay}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|марҷон}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|பவழம்}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|tadmant|f}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|мәрҗән}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ปะการัง}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|བྱུ་རུ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|mercan}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|mercen}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|кора́л|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|مرجان|tr=marjān}}, {{t|ur|مونگا|m|tr=mūngā}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|مارجان}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|marjon}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|san hô}} ({{t|vi|珊瑚|sc=Hani}})
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|cwrel|m}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|קאָראַל|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|color}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|de}} {{t+|ca|color|m}} {{t+|ca|corall}}, {{t+|ca|coral·lí}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[珊瑚]]色|tr=shānhúsè}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|korálová|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|koraalrood|n}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|sügavroosa}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|coral|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მარჯნისფერი}}
* German: {{t|de|koralle}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κοραλλί}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|korallszín}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|珊瑚色|tr=さんごいろ, sangoiro}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|산호색}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|koralų spalva|f}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|batu karang}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|coralh|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|coral|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|corai}}, {{t+|ro|coraliu}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кора́лловый}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|coral|m}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|กัลปังหา}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|-}}

# Made of coral.
# Having the orange-pink color of coral.

====Translations====
{{trans-top|made of coral}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|коралов}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|coral·lí}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[珊瑚]][[製]]的|tr=shānhú jì de}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|koraal-}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|korala}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|korallinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|corallien}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მარჯნის}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|मूंगा}}, {{t+|hi|मूँगा|m}}, {{t+|hi|प्रवाल|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|korall-}}
* Italian: {{t|it|corallino|m}}, {{t|it|corallina|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|珊瑚でできた|tr=[[さんごでできた]], sango de dekita}}, {{t|ja|珊瑚製の|tr=[[さんごせいの]], sangosei no}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|koralų}}, {{t|lt|koralinis}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|batu karang}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|qrolli|m}}
* Odia: {{t|or||tr=prabala}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|koralowy}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|coralino}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кора́лловый|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|coralino}}, {{t+|es|coralífero}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|mercan}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|having the orange-pink color of coral}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|coral·lí}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[珊瑚]][[色]]的|tr=shānhúsè de}}, {{t|cmn|[[橘紅]][[色]]的|tr=júhóngsè de}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|koraalrood}}, {{t+|nl|koraalrode}}
* French: {{t+|fr|corail}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მარჯნისფერი}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|korallszínű}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|珊瑚色の|tr=[[さんごいろの]], sangoiro no}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|koralų spalvos}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|batu karang}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|koralowy}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|coral}}, {{t|pt|coralino}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|corai}}, {{t+|ro|coraliu}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|coral}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Derived terms===
{{col-auto|en
|{{vern|angel skin coral}} ({{taxlink|Corallium secundum|species}} et al.)
|[[bamboo coral]] ({{taxlink|Isididae|family}})
|[[black coral]] ({{taxfmt|Antipatharia|order}} spp.)
|{{vern|blue coral}} ({{taxlink|Helicopora coerulea|species}})
|{{l|en|brain coral}}, {{vern|brainstone coral}}  (in families {{taxfmt|Mussidae|family}} and {{taxlink|Merulinidae|family}})
|{{vern|branch coral}} ({{taxlink|Acropora florida|species}})
|{{vern|bubblegum coral}} ({{taxlink|Paragorgia arborea|species}})
|{{vern|burrowing false coral}} ({{taxlink|Aniliidae|family}} spp.)
|{{vern|cactus coral}} ({{taxfmt|Mussidae|family}} spp.)
|{{vern|chain coral}} (†{{taxfmt|Halysites|genus}} spp.)
|[[coral bean]] ({{taxlink|Erythrina herbacea|species}})
|[[coral bells]] ({{taxfmt|Heuchera|genus}})
|{{vern|coral berry}}/[[coralberry]] ({{taxlink|Aechmea fulgens|species}}, {{taxlink|Ardisia crenata|species}}, {{taxfmt|Ilex verticillata|species}}, {{taxlink|Symphoricarpos orbiculatus|species}})
|{{l|en|coral bleaching}}
|[[coralbush]] ({{taxlink|Jatropha multifida|species}})
|coraled
|[[coral fern]] ({{taxfmt|Gleichenia|genus}} spp.)
|[[coralfish]] ({{taxfmt|Chaetodontidae|family}} spp.)
|[[coral fungus]]
|{{l|en|Coral Gables}}
|{{l|en|coral heath}} ({{taxlink|Epacris microphylla|species}})
|[[coral insect]]
|{{l|en|coral island}}
|{{l|en|coralise}}/[[coralize]]
|{{l|en|corallaceous}}
|coraller
|{{vern|corallet}}
|{{l|en|corallian}}
|{{l|en|coralliferous}}|coral aloe
|{{l|en|coralliform}}
|{{l|en|coralligenous}}
|{{l|en|coralligerous}}
|{{l|en|corallike}}
|{{l|en|coralline}}
|{{l|en|corallite}}
|{{l|en|corallivore}}
|corallivorous
|{{l|en|coralloid}}
|{{l|en|coralloidal}}
|{{l|en|corally}}
|{{l|en|coralology}}
|{{l|en|coral reef}}
|{{l|en|coral plant}}
|{{l|en|coral rag}}
|{{l|en|coralroot}} ({{taxfmt|Corallorhiza|genus}}; {{taxlink|Cardamine bulbifera|species}})
|{{l|en|Coral Sea}}
|{{l|en|coral snake}} (in family {{taxfmt|Elapidae|family}})
|{{l|en|Coral Springs}}
|{{l|en|coral tree}} ({{taxfmt|Erythrina|genus}} spp.)
|{{l|en|coral stitch}}
|[[coral trout]] ({{taxlink|Plectropomus leopardus|species}})
|[[coralwood]] ({{taxlink|Adenanthera pavonina|species}}; {{taxfmt|Guibourtia|genus}} spp.)
|[[coralwort]]
|{{vern|cup coral}} ({{taxlink|Balanophyllia bonaespei|species}}, {{taxlink|Turbinaria|genus}} spp.)
|[[dusty coral]]
|{{vern|elkhorn coral}} ({{taxlink|Acropora palmata|species}})
|[[fan coral]] ({{taxfmt|Gorgonia|family}} et al. spp.)
|[[favid coral]] ({{taxfmt|Mussidae|family}} spp.)
|{{vern|feather coral}} (†{{taxlink|Tetracoralla|subclass}} or †{{taxfmt|Rugosa|order}} spp.)
|{{vern|finger coral}} ({{taxlink|Millepora alcicornis|species}})
|[[fire coral]] ({{taxfmt|Millepora|genus}} spp.)
|{{vern|ginger coral}} ({{taxlink|Millepora alcicornis|species}})
|{{vern|great star coral}} ({{taxlink|Montastaea cavernosa|species}})
|{{vern|golfball coral}} ({{taxlink|Agaricites humilis|species}})
|{{vern|hard coral}} ({{taxfmt|Scleractinia|order}} spp.)
|{{vern|Hawaiian gold coral}} ({{taxlink|Kulamanamana haumeaae|species}})
|[[hexacoral]] ({{taxfmt|Hexacorallia|subclass}} spp.)
|[[honeycomb coral]] (†{{taxfmt|Favosites|genus}} et al. spp.)
|[[horn coral]] (†{{taxfmt|Rugosa|order}} spp.)
|{{vern|horny coral}} ({{taxfmt|Gorgonacea|order}} spp.)
|[[hydrocoral]], {{vern|hydroid coral}} ({{taxlink|Milleporina|order}} and {{taxlink|Stylasterina|order}} spp.)
|{{l|en|Indian coral tree}}
|[[ivory bush coral]] ({{taxlink|Oculina varicosa|species}})
|{{vern|ivory coral}} ({{taxfmt|Oculinidae|family}} spp.)
|{{vern|lace coral}} ({{taxfmt|Fenestellidae|family}} spp.)
|{{vern|Lamarck's sheet coral}} ({{taxlink|Agaricites lamarcki|species}})
|{{vern|leaf coral}} ({{taxlink|Bossea orbigniana|species}})
|{{vern|lettuce coral|pl=s}} ({{taxlink|Agaricia|genus}} spp.)
|{{vern|madreporian coral}} ({{taxfmt|Scleractinia|order}} spp.)
|{{vern|moss coral}} ({{taxfmt|Bryozoa|phylum}} spp.)
|{{vern|mushroom coral}} ({{taxlink|Fungiidae|family}} spp.)
|noncoral
|[[octocoral]] ({{taxfmt|Alcyonaria|subclass}} spp.)
|[[old coral]]
|{{vern|open brain coral}} ({{taxlink|Trachyphyllia geoffroyi|species}})
|{{vern|organ-pipe coral}}, {{vern|organ coral}} ({{taxfmt|Tubipora|genus}} spp.)
|{{vern|pillar coral}} ({{taxlink|Denrogyra cylindrus|species}}))
|[[pink coral]]
|[[precious coral]] (<nowiki>=</nowiki> [[red coral]])
|[[purple coral]] ({{taxlink|Alloclavaria purpurea|species}})
|[[red coral]] ({{taxlink|Corallium rubrum|species}} et al.)
|{{vern|rose coral}} ({{taxlink|Agaricia tenuifolia|species}})
|{{vern|scroll coral}} ({{taxlink|Agaricia undata|species}})
|[[sea whip coral]] ({{taxfmt|Gorgonacea|order}} spp.)
|[[seed coral]]
|{{vern|skull coral}}
|[[soft coral]] ({{taxfmt|Alcyonacea|order}} spp.)
|{{l|en|staghorn coral}}  ({{taxlink|Acropora cervicornis|species}})
|{{vern|star coral}} ({{taxfmt|Orbicella|genus}} et al. spp.)
|[[stone coral]], {{l|en|stony coral}} ({{taxfmt|Scleractinia|order}} spp.)
|{{vern|sunflower coral}} ({{taxfmt|Receptaculites|genus}} spp.)
|[[tabulate coral]] ({{taxfmt|Tabulata|order}} spp.)
|{{vern|thorny coral}} ({{taxfmt|Antipatharia|order}} spp.)
|{{vern|tooth coral}} ({{taxfmt|Mussidae|family}} spp.)
|{{vern|tree coral}}  ({{taxfmt|Oculinidae|family}} spp.)
|{{vern|true coral}} ({{taxlink|Madreporaria|genus}})
|{{vern|tube coral}} ({{taxlink|Agaricia agaricites|species}})
|[[whip coral]] ({{taxfmt|Gorgonacea|order}} spp.)
|{{vern|white coral}} ({{taxlink|Amphihelia oculata|species}})
}}

===See also===
{{top2}}
* {{l|en|atoll}}
* {{l|en|barrier reef}}
* {{l|en|dactylozooid}}
* {{l|en|fringing reef}}
* {{l|en|gonophore}}
* {{l|en|gorgonian}}
* {{l|en|Great Barrier Reef}}
* {{l|en|madrepore}}
* {{l|en|millepore}}
* {{l|en|sea fan}}
* {{vern|sea whip}}
* [[Appendix:Colors]]
{{bottom}}

===References===
* {{pedia}}
<references />

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aclor|claro|Carol|Clora|Carlo|Alcor|Claro|carol}}

{{top|en|Cnidarians|Gems|Oranges|Pinks}}

==Asturian==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|ast|roa-ole|cor}}, from a derivative of {{inh|ast|la|cor}} with a group suffix ''-al''. {{doublet|ast|corazu|corazón|cuer}}.

====Noun====
{{ast-noun|f|corales}} or ''corales''

# [[heart]]
#: {{syn|ast|corazu|corazón|cuer}}
#: {{ux|ast|La '''coral''' asítiase nel llau esquierdu'l pechu|t=The '''heart''' is located on the left side of the chest}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from Spanish ''coral''.

====Noun====
{{ast-noun|f|corales}}

# [[chorus]] music
# [[chorale]]

===Etymology 3===
Borrowed from Spanish ''coral''.

====Noun====
{{ast-noun|m|corales}}

# {{l|ast|coral}}

==Catalan==

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{af|ca|cor|-al|t1=heart}}.

====Adjective====
{{ca-adj}}

# [[strong]], [[close]] (relationship)

===Etymology 2===
From {{suffix|ca|cor|t1=choir|al}}.

====Adjective====
{{ca-adj}}

# [[choral]]

====Noun====
{{ca-noun|m}}

# [[chorus]] music
# [[chorale]]

===Etymology 3===
{{bor+|ca|la|corallium}}, from {{der|ca|grc|κοράλλιον}}.

====Noun====
{{ca-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|coral}} {{gloss|organism}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|ca|arbre de coral}}

==Galician==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gl|/koˈɾal/}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|gl|roa-opt|coral}}, borrowed from {{bor|gl|fro|coral}}, from {{der|gl|la|corallium}}, from {{der|gl|grc|κοράλλιον}}.

====Noun====
{{gl-noun|m}}

# {{lb|gl|zoology}} {{l|en|coral}}
#* {{quote-book|gl|year=1395|editor=Antonio López Ferreiro|title=Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática|location=Santiago|publisher=Tipografía Galaica|page=160
|passage=''mando a miña Neta Tareija sanches todo o aliofar et '''coraes''' que eu ey et os esmaltes et o meu Reliquario esmaltado et a miña Cunca de plata dourada et as miñas doas de ouro''
|translation=I send to my granddaughter Tareixa Sanchez all of my pearls and '''corals''', and the enamels, and my enamelled relicary and my gilded silver bowl and my beads of gold}}
# {{l|en|coral}} {{gloss|color}}
# [[roe]] {{gloss|the eggs or ovaries of certain crustaceans}}
#: {{syn|gl|míllaras}}
# [[sea fan]] {{gloss|{{taxlink|Eunicella verrucosa|species}}}}

===Etymology 2===
{{suffix|gl|coro|al|gloss1=choir}}.

====Adjective====
{{gl-adj}}

# [[choral]]

====Noun====
{{gl-noun|f}}

# [[chorale]]

===References===
* {{R:gl:DDGM}}
* {{R:gl:CX}}
* {{R:gl:DDLG}}
* {{R:gl:TILG}}
* {{R:TLPGP}}

==Old Spanish==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|osp|fro|coral}}, from {{der|osp|la|corallium}}, from {{der|osp|grc|κοράλλιον}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|osp|/koˈɾal/}}

===Noun===
{{osp-noun|m|es}}

# {{l|en|coral}}
#* {{quote-text|osp|year=c. 1250|author=w:Alfonso X|title=Lapidario|section=f. 14v
|passage=DEl dozeno grado del ſigno de tauro es la piedra aque dizen '''coral''' negro.
|translation=Of the twelfth degree of the sign of Taurus is the stone they call '''black''' coral.}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|lad|koral|alts=1}}
* {{desc|es|coral}}

==Portuguese==

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|pt|al|q1=Portugal|aw|q2=Brazil|s=2}}
* {{hyph|pt|co|ral}}

===Etymology 1===
{{lbor|pt|ML.|chorālis}}. {{surf|pt|coro|-al}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|pt|choral||obsolete}}

====Noun====
{{pt-noun|m}}

# {{lb|pt|music}} [[choir]] {{gloss|ensemble of people who sing together}}
#: {{syn|pt|coro}}
# {{lb|pt|music}} [[choral]] [[song]] {{gloss|song written for a choir to perform}}
# {{lb|pt|music genre}} [[chorale]] {{gloss|a Lutheran hymn}}
# {{lb|pt|figurative}} a group of people, creatures or objects making noise together

====Adjective====
{{pt-adj}}

# {{lb|pt|music}} [[choral]] {{gloss|relating to choirs}}
# {{lb|pt|music}} [[choral]] {{gloss|written to be performed by a choir}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{uder|pt|LL.|corallum}} or {{der|pt|la|corallium}}, from {{der|pt|grc|κοράλλιον||coral}}, of uncertain origin.

====Noun====
{{pt-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|coral}} {{gloss|any of various species of anthozoans}}
# {{l|en|coral}} {{gloss|the skeleton of marine polyps}}
# {{l|en|coral}} {{gloss|colony of marine polyps}}
# {{l|en|coral}} {{gloss|a yellowish pink color}}

====Noun====
{{pt-noun|f}}

# {{ellipsis of|pt|cobra-coral}}

====Adjective====
{{pt-adj}}

# {{l|en|coral}} in color
#: {{syn|pt|coralino}}

{{C|pt|Cnidarians|Oranges|Pinks|Elapid snakes}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|choral}}.

===Adjective===
{{ro-adj}}

# [[choral]]

====Declension====
{{ro-decl-adj}}

==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Etymology 1===
{{wikipedia|lang=es}}
{{inh+|es|osp|coral}}, from {{der|es|fro|coral}}, from {{der|es|la|corallium}}, from {{der|es|grc|κοράλλιον}}.

====Noun====
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{lb|es|zoology}} {{l|en|coral}}
# {{lb|es|plant}} [[coral vine]] {{gloss|{{taxlink|Kennedia coccinea|species}}}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|es
|arrecife de coral<t:coral reef>
|coral blando
|coral cerebro
|coral de jardín
|coral pétreo
|Gran Barrera de Coral
}}

====Adjective====
{{es-adj}}

# {{l|en|coral}} {{gloss|color}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{suffix|es|coro|al|gloss1=choir}}.

====Adjective====
{{es-adj}}

# [[choral]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|es|coralmente}}

====Noun====
{{es-noun|m}}

# [[chorale]]

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

{{C|es|Colors}}