corner
Middle English
/ˈkɔrnər(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A corner or angle; an intersection of two objects where both terminate.
- The interior or inside of a corner.
- A refuge or redoubt; a location of safety.
- A place, especially a faraway or distant one.
- (rare) A overlook or viewpoint.
- (rare) The side of a troop or host.
Etymology
Borrowed from cornere.
Origin
cornere
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- corner English
- cornerback English
- cornercap English
- cornerless English
- cornerlike English
- cornerman English
- cornerpiece English
- cornersome English
- cornerstone English
- cornerways English
- cornerwise English
- streetcorner English
- tricorner English
- corner Italian
- corner French
- córner Spanish, Castilian
- コーナー Japanese
- corner stoon Middle English
- cornered Middle English
- stoon Middle English
- corne Old French
- korner Serbo-Croatian
- córner Catalan, Valencian
- korner Cebuano
- cornel Welsh
- kona Swahili
- 코너 Korean
- ikhona Zulu
- ikona Xhosa
- kona Tok Pisin
- cornere xno
- likhona Swati