cornel
English
Etymology
From Middle English corneille, borrowed from Middle French corneille, from Vulgar Latin *cornicula, from Latin cornus (“the European cornel”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: cor‧nel
Noun
cornel (plural cornels)

European cornel fruits
- 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.
- The cherry-like fruit of such plants, certain of which are edible.
- 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:
- Cornels, and ſalvage Berries of the Wood, / And Roots and Herbs have been my meagre Food.
Synonyms
- (cherry-like fruit): cornelian cherry, cornel cherry
Derived terms
Translations
tree
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fruit
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See also
References
Cornel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cornus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle English cornel, from Anglo-Norman cornal, a dissimilated variant of cornere. Alteratively, the dissimilation occured in Welsh as a version of English corner.[1] Similar dissimilation occurs in dresel (“dresser”), rasel (“razor”) and fesul (“by”) (from mesur (“measure”)).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkɔrnɛl/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkɔrnal/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkɔrnɛl/
Usage notes
This noun is usually feminine but can be masculine in South Wales.
Derived terms
- siop gornel (“corner shop”)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cornel | gornel | nghornel | chornel |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cornel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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