cornice

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French corniche or Italian cornice, possibly from either (1) Latin cornīx (“crow”) or (2) Latin coronis (“curved line, flourish in writing”), from Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís). See also corniche. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːnɪs/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkoɹnɪs/ === Noun === cornice (plural cornices) (architecture) A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls. (architecture) A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding. (furniture) A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy. (geography, mountaineering) An overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies. Synonym: snow cornice ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== eaves fascia === Verb === cornice (third-person singular simple present cornices, present participle cornicing, simple past and past participle corniced) (transitive) To furnish or decorate with a cornice. === References === === Further reading === cornice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Creonic, crocein == Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin cornīx (“crow”), influenced by Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís, “curved line”) from the same root. See also κορώνη (korṓnē, “crow”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /korˈni.t͡ʃe/ Rhymes: -itʃe Hyphenation: cor‧nì‧ce === Noun === cornice f (plural cornici) (poetic, archaic) carrion crow Synonym: cornacchia frame (architecture) cornice Synonym: cornicione ledge (figurative) background, setting ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Middle French: cornisse, corniche → English: cornice → French: corniche → English: corniche → Romanian: cornișă → Galician: cornixa → Occitan: cornís → Portuguese: cornija → Spanish: cornisa → Catalan: cornisa === References === === Anagrams === crenico, eccrino, riccone == Latin == === Noun === cōrnīce ablative singular of cōrnīx == Romanian == === Noun === cornice f (plural cornice) alternative form of cornișă ==== Declension ====