cornel
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English corneille, borrowed from Middle French corneille, from Vulgar Latin *cornicula, from Latin cornus (“the European cornel”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: cor‧nel
Noun edit
cornel (plural cornels)
- Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania (syn. Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum) or Cornus subg. Cornus, especially Cornus mas, the European cornel.
- The cherry-like fruit of such plants, certain of which are edible.
- 1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 292, lines 855–856:
- Cornels, and ſalvage Berries of the Wood, / And Roots and Herbs have been my meagre Food.
Synonyms edit
- (cherry-like fruit): cornelian cherry, cornel cherry
Derived terms edit
- Canadian dwarf cornel (Cornus canadensis)
- cornelian cherry (Cornus mas)
- dwarf cornel (Cornus suecica)
- European cornel (Cornus mas)
- Japanese cornel, Japanese cornelian cherry (Cornus officinalis)
- silky cornel (Cornus amomum)
Translations edit
tree
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fruit
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See also edit
References edit
- Cornel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cornus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
cornel
- Alternative form of corner
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
cornel
- Alternative form of kernel
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle English cornel, from Anglo-Norman cornal, a dissimilated variant of cornere. Alteratively, the dissimilation occured in Welsh as a version of English corner.[1] Similar dissimilation occurs in dresel (“dresser”), rasel (“razor”) and fesul (“by”) (from mesur (“measure”)).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkɔrnɛl/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkɔrnal/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkɔrnɛl/
Noun edit
cornel m or f (plural corneli)
Usage notes edit
This noun is usually feminine but can be masculine in South Wales.
Derived terms edit
- siop gornel (“corner shop”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cornel | gornel | nghornel | chornel |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |