Welsh, Cornish and Breton are all closely related.
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Cornish
//ˈkɔːɹnɪʃ//
Synonyms for "cornish" (7 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (3)
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1 entriesderived
12 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
13 entriesTranslations
68 translations across 34 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- կոռներեն name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Asturian
4 entries- cornuallés adj (of Cornwall)
- cornuallés adj (of the Cornish language)
- cornuallés adj (native to Cornwall)
- córnicu adj (of Cornwall)
Belarusian
2 entries- ко́рнская name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
- ко́рнская мо́ва name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Breton
1 entries- kerneveureg name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Catalan
3 entries- cornuallès adj (of Cornwall)
- còrnic adj (of Cornwall)
- còrnic adj (of the Cornish language)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 康瓦耳語 /康瓦耳语 name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Cornish
4 entries- Kernewek adj (of the Cornish language)
- Kernowek adj (of the Cornish language)
- Kernewek name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
- Kernowek name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Czech
2 entries- kornský adj (of Cornwall)
- kornština name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Danish
1 entries- kornisk name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Dutch
1 entries- Cornisch name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Finnish
4 entries- cornwallilainen adj (of Cornwall)
- kornilainen adj (of Cornwall)
- kornilainen adj (native to Cornwall)
- korni name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
French
4 entries- cornique adj (of Cornwall)
- cornique adj (of the Cornish language)
- cornique adj (native to Cornwall)
- cornique name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Galician
1 entries- córnico name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
German
3 entries- kornisch adj (of the Cornish language)
- Kornisch name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
- kornische Sprache name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Hebrew
1 entries- קורנית name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Hungarian
1 entries- korni name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Irish
4 entries- Coirnise adj (of the Cornish language)
- Cornach adj (of Cornwall)
- Cornach adj (native to Cornwall)
- Coirnis name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Italian
1 entries- cornovagliese name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Japanese
1 entries- コーンウォール語 name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Latin
2 entries- cornicus adj (of the Cornish language)
- lingua cornica name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Maltese
3 entries- korniku adj (of Cornwall)
- korniku adj (native to Cornwall)
- Korniku name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Marathi
2 entries- कॉर्निश adj (native to Cornwall)
- कॉर्निश name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Norwegian
1 entries- kornisk name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Polish
2 entries- kornwalijski adj (of Cornwall)
- kornijski name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Portuguese
1 entries- córnico name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Romanian
1 entries- cornică name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Russian
2 entries- корнский name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
- корнуэ́льский name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Còrnais name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Slovak
1 entries- kornčina name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Spanish
1 entries- córnico name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Swedish
1 entries- korniska name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tiếng Cornwall name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Walloon
2 entries- Cornike name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
- Gayel des Cornouwayes name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Welsh
3 entries- Cernywaidd adj (of Cornwall)
- Cernyweg adj (of the Cornish language)
- Cernyweg name (Celtic language of Cornwall)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Cornish, Welsh and Breton are Celtic languages.
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Cornish is similar to Welsh, and is closer still to Breton, a language which derives from that of the ancient Britons who, during the early Middle Ages, migrated across to today's Brittany on the French mainland.
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She was sitting on the sea wall, happily chomping away at her Cornish pasty, when he came sidling up to her.
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