corneja

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cornīcula (“small crow”), diminutive of cornīx. Compare French corneille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈnexa/ [koɾˈne.xa]

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• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: cor‧ne‧ja

Noun

corneja f (plural cornejas)

1. crow

Derived terms

• corneja cenicienta

 

Further reading

• “corneja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10