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): (Valencia) [koɾˈne.ʎa]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Noun
cornella f (plural cornelles)
- a crow, especially the carrion crow (Corvus corone)
- Synonym: cucala
- (archaic) adulteress
Derived terms
- cornella becfina
- cornella emmantellada
- cornella negra
- cornella nord-americana
Further reading
- “cornella”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “cornella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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)
- (rare) carrion crow (Corvus corone)
- Synonym: corvo
Etymology 2
From Latin corniculum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [koɾˈneʎɐ]
Noun
cornella f (plural cornellas)
References
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cornelha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cornel”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cornella”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cornella”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cornella”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN