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): (Valencian) [koɾˈne.ʎa]
  • (file)

Noun

cornella f (plural cornelles)

  1. a crow, especially the carrion crow (Corvus corone)
    Synonym: cucala
  2. (archaic) adulteress

Derived terms

Further reading

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

  • cornelha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • cornel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • cornella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • cornella” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • cornella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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