Cornish

See also: cornish

English

A bilingual (English/Cornish) sign at Penzance railway station.

A map showing the westward decline of Cornish, 1300–1750.

Etymology

From Corn(wall) +‎ -ish, from Cornish Kernewek, Kernowek.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːnɪʃ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːɹnɪʃ/

Adjective

Cornish (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Cornwall, a county of southwest England.
2. Native to Cornwall.
3. Of or pertaining to the Cornish language.

Derived terms

• Cornish boiler
• Cornish diamond
• Cornish elm
• Cornish game hen
• Cornish hen
• Cornishman
• Cornish palm
• Cornish pasty
• Cornish sole
• Cornishwoman
• Cornish wrestling

Translations

of Cornwall

• Asturian: córnicu (ast), cornuallés (ast)
• Catalan: còrnic (ca) m, cornuallès m
• Czech: kornský (cs)
• Finnish: cornwallilainen, kornilainen
• French: cornique (fr)
• Irish: Cornach
• Maltese: korniku
• Polish: kornwalijski (pl)
• Welsh: Cernywaidd (cy)

of the Cornish language

• Asturian: córnicu (ast), cornuallés (ast)
• Catalan: còrnic (ca)
• Cornish: Kernewek (kw), Kernowek (kw)
• French: cornique (fr)
• German: kornisch
• Irish: Coirnise
• Latin: cornicus
• Welsh: Cernyweg (cy)

native to Cornwall

• Asturian: córnicu (ast), cornuallés (ast)
• Finnish: kornilainen
• French: cornique (fr)
• Irish: Cornach
• Maltese: korniku
• Marathi: कॉर्निश (kŏrniś)

Noun

Cornish pl (plural only)

1. (collectively) The inhabitants of Cornwall, especially native-born.

Synonyms

• See Cornishman, Cornubian

Proper noun

Cornish

1. The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.

   There is a movement to revive Cornish.

2. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.
   2. A town and census-designated place therein, in York County, Maine.
   3. A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota.
   4. A township in Sibley County, Minnesota.
   5. A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
   6. A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma.
   7. A town in Cache County, Utah, at the border with Idaho.
3. A habitational surname from Old English [in turn originating as an ethnonym], referring to someone from Cornwall.

Derived terms

• Cornish Flat (New Hampshire)

Translations

Celtic language of Cornwall

• Armenian: կոռներեն (hy) (koṙneren)
• Asturian: córnicu (ast), cornuallés (ast)
• Belarusian: ко́рнская мо́ва f (kórnskaja móva), ко́рнская f (kórnskaja)
• Breton: kerneveureg (br)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 康瓦耳語 / 康瓦耳语 (Kāngwǎ'ěr yǔ)

• Cornish: Kernewek (kw), Kernowek (kw)
• Czech: kornština f
• Danish: kornisk
• Dutch: Cornisch (nl) n
• Finnish: korni (fi)
• French: cornique (fr) m
• Galician: córnico (gl)
• German: Kornisch (de) n, kornische Sprache f
• Hebrew: קורנית
• Hungarian: korni (hu)
• Irish: Coirnis f
• Italian: cornovagliese
• Japanese: コーンウォール語 (ja) (kōnwōru go)
• Latin: lingua cornica f
• Maltese: Korniku m
• Marathi: कॉर्निश f (kŏrniś)
• Norwegian: kornisk
• Polish: kornijski (pl) m
• Portuguese: córnico (pt)
• Romanian: cornică
• Russian: корнуэ́льский (ru) (kornuélʹskij), корнский (ru) (kornskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Còrnais f
• Slovak: kornčina f
• Spanish: córnico (es)
• Swedish: korniska (sv)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Cornwall
• Walloon: Gayel des Cornouwayes, Cornike
• Welsh: Cernyweg (cy) f

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Cornish terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code kw, ISO 639-3 code cor (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Cornish, cor ⁠
• “Cornish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• WIKITONGUES: Elizabeth speaking Cornish

Anagrams

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