cornella

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan cornella~corneylla, from Latin cornīcula, diminutive of cornīx (“crow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kurˈne.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [korˈne.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɾˈne.ʎa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

cornella f (plural cornelles)

1. a crow, especially the carrion crow (Corvus corone)

   Synonym: cucala

2. (archaic) adulteress

Derived terms

• cornella becfina
• cornella emmantellada
• cornella negra
• cornella nord-americana

Further reading

• “cornella”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cornella”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese cornelha, inherited from Latin cornīcula, diminutive of cornīx (“crow”). Compare Spanish corneja, French corneille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koɾˈneʎɐ]

Noun

cornella f (plural cornellas)

1. (rare) carrion crow (Corvus corone)

   Synonym: corvo

Etymology 2

From Latin corniculum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koɾˈneʎɐ]

Noun

cornella f (plural cornellas)

1. pod

   Synonyms: casula, cornello, vaíña, vaxa

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cornelha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cornella”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cornella”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cornella”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cornella”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN