corniche
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French corniche (“ledge”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɔːˈniːʃ/, /ˈkɔːnɪʃ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /kɔːɹˈniːʃ/, /ˈkɔːɹnɪʃ/
- Rhymes: -iːʃ
Noun[edit]
corniche (plural corniches)
Translations[edit]
road built on a ledge, especially by water
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian cornice.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “corniche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
corniche
Anagrams[edit]
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