coirnéal

== Irish == === Alternative forms === coirneal, coirneál, cóirneal, cóirneál, cóirnéal, coirneul, coirnéul, cóirneul, cornal, córnal, cornnal (obsolete) === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /koːɾˠˈnʲeːlˠ/ (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈkauɾˠn̠ʲeːl̪ˠ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɾˠn̠ʲalˠ/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Middle English cornel, from Anglo-Norman cornal, a dissimilated variant of cornere. ==== Noun ==== coirnéal m (genitive singular coirnéil, nominative plural) corner ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From English coronel (obsolete form of colonel, from Middle French coronnel, from Old Italian colonnello (“the officer of a small company of soldiers (column) that marched at the head of a regiment”), from compagna colonnella (“little column company”), from Latin columna (“pillar”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”), o-grade form from a Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent”). ==== Noun ==== coirnéal m (genitive singular coirnéil, nominative plural) colonel ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== coirnéalacht === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “coirnéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN