cornisa
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cornisa f (plural cornises)
Further reading
[edit]- “cornisa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cornisa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “cornisa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cornisa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Occitan cornís, from Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís, “something curved”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]- “cornisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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