corniche

English

WOTD – 13 June 2012

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French corniche (“ledge”).

Beirut corniche

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔːˈniːʃ/, /ˈkɔːnɪʃ/
• IPA^(key): /kɔːɹˈniːʃ/, /ˈkɔːɹnɪʃ/

Noun

corniche (plural corniches)

1. A road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).

Translations

road built on a ledge, especially by water

• Spanish: cornisa (es) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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Translations to be checked

• Finnish: rantakatu, rantabulevardi, rantatie
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: lungomare (it)

Anagrams

• coenrich, enchoric

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cornice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.niʃ/

• Audio:

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Noun

corniche f (plural corniches)

1. cornice
2. (geology) ledge

Further reading

• “corniche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Adjective

corniche

1. feminine plural of cornico

Anagrams

• cerchino, croniche