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cornel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɔːnəl/ (UK)
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Etymology

From Middle English corneille, borrowed from Middle French corneille, from Vulgar Latin *cornicula, from Latin cornus (“the European cornel”).

Meanings

1. Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania (syn. Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum) or Cornus subg. Cornus, especially Cornus mas, the European cornel.
2. The cherry-like fruit of such plants, certain of which are edible.
   • Cornels, and ſalvage Berries of the Wood, / And Roots and Herbs have been my meagre Food. 1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 292, lines 855–856:
   • Meanwhile the goddess in disdain bestows / The mast and acorn, brutal food! and strows / The fruits and cornel, as their feast, around 1726, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, The Odyssey:

Forms

Deriveds

European cornel · Canadian dwarf cornel · Japanese cornel · cornelian cherry · silky cornel · Japanese cornelian cherry · dwarf cornel

Relateds

dogwood

Synonyms

cornelian cherry (cherry-like fruit) · cornel cherry (cherry-like fruit)

Translations (81)

lt sedula (tree) · it corniolo (tree) · pl dereń (fruit) · nl kornoelje (tree) · da kornel (tree) · pt corniso (tree) · ka შინდი (tree) · mk дрен (tree) · udi зокъал (fruit) · de Kornelkirsche (fruit) · ka შინდი (fruit) · hu som (fruit) · sh drenka (fruit) · grc κράνειον (fruit) · fr cornouiller (tree) · hy հոն (tree) · gl corneira (tree) · xmf შინდი (fruit) · el κράνο (fruit) · fur cuargnolâr (tree) · it corniola (fruit) · rup cornu (tree) · fi kanukan marja (fruit) · sq thanë (fruit) · oc cormièr (tree) · bg дренка (fruit) · xmf შინდი (tree) · ru кизи́л (tree) · ab абгыӡыр (tree) · fi kanukka (fruit) · sv kornell (fruit) · la cornum (fruit) · nl kornoeljebes (fruit) · es corno (fruit) · lzz კიზილჯუღი (tree) · pl dereń (tree) · rup coarnã (fruit) · hy հոն (fruit) · vec cornołer (tree) · gl sangomiño (tree) · aii ܙܘܓܠ (fruit) · hu som (tree) · xmf ბძგირი (tree) · lzz სკინდი (tree) · de Kornelkirschenbaum (tree) · sv kornell (tree) · sq thana (tree) · arc הלהלוכת (fruit) · pt corniso (fruit) · az zoğal (tree) · mk дренка (fruit) · fr cornouille (fruit) · sh dren (tree) · vec crognoło (tree) · ca corneller (tree) · vec cornołaro (tree) · ru кизи́л (fruit) · ro coarnă (fruit) · fi kanukka (tree) · la cornus (tree) · es cornejo (tree) · sh дрен (tree) · bg дрян (tree) · ota قزلجق آغاجی (tree) · el κρανιά (tree) · ro corn (tree) · es corno (tree) · xmf ბძგირი (fruit) · sq thanë (tree) · ota قزلجق (fruit) · fa زغال اخته (fruit) · ar قَرَانِيَا (tree) · ar قَرَانِيَا (fruit) · oc còrma (fruit) · tr kızılcık ağacı (tree) · sh дренка (fruit) · ga conbhaiscne (tree) · eu zuhandor (tree) · az zoğal (fruit) · grc κράνεια (tree) · fur cuargnâl (tree)