cornisa
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cornisa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kurˈni.zə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [koɾˈni.za]
- IPA(key): (Northwestern) [korˈni.za]
Noun
cornisa f (plural cornises)
Further reading
- “cornisa”, 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
- “cornisa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “cornisa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cornisa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Spanish
Etymology
Etymology tree
Derived from Occitan cornís, from Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís, “something curved”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koɾˈnisa/ [koɾˈni.sa]
- Rhymes: -isa
- Syllabification: cor‧ni‧sa
Noun
cornisa f (plural cornisas)
- (architecture) cornice
- 1904, José Villa-amil y Castro, Iglesias gallegas de la Edad Media, Chapter VI:
- Los fastiales tienen canecillos y seis estribos con dos resaltos y cornisa inclinada en glacis, lo mismo que los dos unidos en cada esquina de la fachada
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1999, Fernando Chueca Goitia, La catedral de Valladolid:
- Las cornisas siguen alrededor del edificio sin interrupción, y concuerdan con las divisorias de las torres
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- crown molding
- top of a pedestal cornice on a building or room
Further reading
- “cornisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
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