corniche

English

WOTD – 13 June 2012

Etymology

From French corniche (“ledge”). See also cornice.

Beirut corniche

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɔːˈniːʃ/, /ˈkɔːnɪʃ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /kɔːɹˈniːʃ/, /ˈkɔːɹnɪʃ/
• Rhymes: -iːʃ

Noun

corniche (plural corniches)

1. A road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).
   • 1987 October, Marianne Alireza, “Women of Saudi Arabia”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 434:

     For local color, Fridays on Jiddah's corniche along the Red Sea is hard to beat.

Translations

road built on a ledge, especially by water

• Finnish: tie kielekkeellä, rantatie (fi) (along water)
• Hindi: कोर्नीश m (kornīś)
• Spanish: cornisa (es) f

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} lungomare (it)

Anagrams

• coenrich, enchoric

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cornice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.niʃ/

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Noun

corniche f (plural corniches)

1. (architecture) a horizontal moulded projection which crowns or finishes a building or some part of a building or runs round the wall of a room; cornice
2. cliff road, mountain road, corniche
3. (geology) ledge

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: قورنیش (korniş)
  • Turkish: korniş

Further reading

• “corniche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Adjective

corniche

1. feminine plural of cornico

Anagrams

• cerchino, croniche, nocchier