corniche
English
WOTD – 13 June 2012
Etymology
From French corniche (“ledge”). See also cornice.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɔːˈniːʃ/, /ˈkɔːnɪʃ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /kɔːɹˈniːʃ/, /ˈkɔːɹnɪʃ/
- Rhymes: -iːʃ
Noun
corniche (plural corniches)
Translations
road built on a ledge, especially by water
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cornice.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔʁ.niʃ/
Audio: (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file)
Noun
corniche f (plural corniches)
- (architecture) a horizontal moulded projection which crowns or finishes a building or some part of a building or runs round the wall of a room; cornice
- cliff road, mountain road, corniche
- (geology) ledge
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: قورنیش (korniş)
- Turkish: korniş
Further reading
- “corniche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Italian
Adjective
corniche
- feminine plural of cornico