corniche
English
WOTD – 13 June 2012
Etymology
From French corniche (“ledge”).
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Beirut corniche
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɔːˈniːʃ/, /ˈkɔːnɪʃ/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /kɔːɹˈniːʃ/, /ˈkɔːɹnɪʃ/
Noun
corniche (plural corniches)
- A road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).
Translations
road built on a ledge, especially by water
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Anagrams
- coenrich, enchoric
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cornice.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔʁ.niʃ/
Audio (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
Anagrams
- cerchino, croniche, nocchier