corner
English
/ˈkɔɹnɚ/, /ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
- An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
- A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
- An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
- (business) A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
- (heading) Relating to the playing field.
- A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
- (obsolete) A point scored in a rubber at whist.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English corner derived from cornere derived from Old French corne (corner, projecting point, angle, a horn) derived from Latin *corna, cornua (horns).
Origin
Latin
cornua
Gloss
horns
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- back English
- cap English
- cornerback English
- cornercap English
- cornerless English
- cornerlessness English
- cornerlike English
- cornerman English
- cornerpiece English
- cornersome English
- cornerstone English
- cornerways English
- cornerwise English
- piece English
- stone English
- street English
- streetcorner English
- tricorner English
- *corna Latin
- cornua Latin
- cornū Latin
- corner Italian
- corne French
- corner French
- córner Spanish, Castilian
- コーナー Japanese
- corne Middle English
- corner Middle English
- corner stoon Middle English
- cornered Middle English
- corne Old French
- korner Serbo-Croatian
- córner Catalan, Valencian
- korner Cebuano
- kornera Cebuano
- cornel Welsh
- cône Norman
- kona Swahili
- 코너 Korean
- ikhona Zulu
- ikona Xhosa
- kona Tok Pisin
- cornere xno
- likhona Swati
- coine Walloon
- cone Bourguignon
- cône Bourguignon