What does "cornish" mean?
The inhabitants of Cornwall, especially native-born.
Cornish
/ˈkɔːɹnɪʃ/ adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The inhabitants of Cornwall, especially native-born.
- Grammar: cornish is listed as adj, name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: chicken, cornish fowl, cornish language, cornish tongue.
- Useful contrasts: English, English mainlander, non Cornish.
- Usage evidence: Welsh, Cornish and Breton are all closely related.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The inhabitants of Cornwall, especially native-born. collective, plural, plural-only
- 2 One of several decorative rings around the barrel of a cannon; the next ring from the muzzle backwards.
- 3 English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters wordnet
- 4 Alternative form of cornice. alt-of, alternative
"So the curve of Stonehenge, which is above 100 English feet, appears extraordinary large and well proportion'd, upon a height of 18 foot, which reaches to the top of the outer cornish; that of the inner cornishes is but 24 foot high, at a medium. For the cornishes of the inner part of Stonehenge, or that which Webb calls the cell, are not all of equal height, of which in proper place."
- 5 a Celtic language spoken in Cornwall wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to Cornwall, a county of southwest England. not-comparable
- 2 cornlike; resembling corn
- 3 Native to Cornwall. not-comparable
- 4 Of or pertaining to the Cornish language. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 of or related to Cornwall or its people or the Cornish language wordnet
Proper Noun
- 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:; An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.
- 3 A place in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in York County, Maine.
- 4 A place in the United States:; A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota.
- 5 A place in the United States:; A township in Sibley County, Minnesota.
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- 6 A place in the United States:; A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
- 7 A place in the United States:; A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma.
- 8 A place in the United States:; A town in Cache County, Utah, at the border with Idaho.
- 9 A habitational surname from Old English [in turn originating as an ethnonym], referring to someone from Cornwall.
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Example
"Welsh, Cornish and Breton are all closely related."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "cornish"?
Common synonyms include: chicken, cornish fowl, cornish language, cornish tongue, cornish-cultural, cornish-language.
How do you use "cornish" in a sentence?
Welsh, Cornish and Breton are all closely related.
How do you pronounce "cornish"?
Pronounced /ˈkɔːɹnɪʃ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Corn(wall) + -ish, from Cornish Kernewek, Kernowek.
Etymology 2
corn + -ish