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- [kawr-nish]
- /ˈkɔr nɪʃ/
- /ˈkɔːnɪʃ/
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- [kawr-nish]
- /ˈkɔr nɪʃ/
Definitions of cornish word
- adjective cornish Cornish means belonging or relating to the English county of Cornwall. 3
- noun plural cornish The Cornish are the people of Cornwall. 3
- uncountable noun cornish Cornish is a Celtic language that used to be spoken in Cornwall in Britain. There are no longer any native speakers of Cornish. 3
- adjective cornish of, relating to, or characteristic of Cornwall, its inhabitants, their former language, or their present-day dialect of English 3
- noun cornish a former language of Cornwall, belonging to the S Celtic branch of the Indo-European family and closely related to Breton: extinct by 1800 3
- adjective cornish of Cornwall or its people, language, or culture 3
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Origin of cornish
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; late Middle English, apparently syncopated variant of Middle English Cornwelisse. See Cornwall, -ish1
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Parts of speech for Cornish
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adjective
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determiner
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cornish popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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