The ceiling was detailed with an immaculate cornice.
Source: tatoeba (10081334)
Cornice
//ˈkoɹnɪs//
Synonyms for "cornice" (10 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (5)
Noun(4 words)
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Translations
57 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- γεῖσον noun (horizontal architectural element)
- θριγκός noun (horizontal architectural element)
Belarusian
2 entries- гзымс noun (horizontal architectural element)
- карні́з noun (horizontal architectural element)
Bulgarian
1 entries- корни́з noun (horizontal architectural element)
Catalan
1 entries- cornisa noun (horizontal architectural element)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 壁帶 /壁带 noun (horizontal architectural element)
Czech
4 entries- ozdobná lišta noun (horizontal architectural element)
- převis noun (an accumulation of snow)
- římsa noun (horizontal architectural element)
- římsa noun (an accumulation of snow)
Danish
1 entries- stuk noun (decorative element at top of room)
Dutch
2 entries- deklijst noun (horizontal architectural element)
- kroonlijst noun (horizontal architectural element)
Esperanto
1 entries- kornico noun (horizontal architectural element)
Finnish
1 entries- korniisi noun (horizontal architectural element)
French
2 entries- corniche noun (horizontal architectural element)
- corniche noun (an accumulation of snow)
Galician
1 entries- cornixa noun (horizontal architectural element)
German
4 entries- Brüstung noun (horizontal architectural element)
- Fries noun (decorative element at top of room)
- Gardinenstange noun (horizontal architectural element)
- Gesims noun (horizontal architectural element)
Greek
1 entries- κορωνίδα noun (horizontal architectural element)
Irish
1 entries- coirnis noun (horizontal architectural element)
Italian
2 entries- cornice noun (horizontal architectural element)
- cornicione noun (horizontal architectural element)
Japanese
1 entries- コーニス noun (horizontal architectural element)
Macedonian
1 entries- ко́рниз noun (horizontal architectural element)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gesims noun (horizontal architectural element)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- gesims noun (horizontal architectural element)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قورنیزه noun (horizontal architectural element)
Persian
1 entries- قرنیز noun (horizontal architectural element)
Polish
1 entries- gzyms noun (horizontal architectural element)
Portuguese
1 entries- cornija noun (horizontal architectural element)
Russian
1 entries- карни́з noun (horizontal architectural element)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- venac noun (horizontal architectural element)
Slovak
1 entries- rímsa noun (horizontal architectural element)
Spanish
1 entries- cornisa noun (horizontal architectural element)
Swedish
2 entries- kornisch noun (horizontal architectural element)
- taklist noun (horizontal architectural element)
Tagalog
1 entries- kornisa noun (horizontal architectural element)
Turkish
1 entries- korniş noun (horizontal architectural element)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I wandered, on a moonlight night, through the grass-grown enclosure within: here I stumbled over a marble hearth, and there over a fallen fragment of cornice.
Source: tatoeba (11747971)
The ornate cornice adorned the top of the building.
Source: tatoeba (12079147)
The architect designed an elegant cornice for the house.
Source: tatoeba (12079148)
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