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English

Etymology

From Middle French corniche or Italian cornice, from Latin corn?x (“crow”).

Noun

cornice (plural cornices)

1. (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.
2. A decorative element applied at the topmost part of the wall of a room, as with a crown molding.
3. A decorative element at the topmost portion of certain pieces of furniture, as with a highboy.
4. (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

See also

• eaves
• fascia

Translations

Verb

cornice (third-person singular simple present cornices, present participle cornicing, simple past and past participle corniced)

1. (transitive) To furnish or decorate with a cornice.

Further reading

• cornice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• Creonic, crocein

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (kor?nís, “curved line”), influenced by Latin corn?x from the same root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kor?ni.t??e/
• Rhymes: -it?e

Noun

cornice f (plural cornici)

1. frame
2. (architecture) cornice

   Synonym: cornicione

3. ledge
4. (figuratively) background, setting

Derived terms

• cornicione
• incorniciare

References

Anagrams

• riccone

Latin

Noun

c?rn?ce

1. ablative singular of c?rn?x

English

Noun

pelmet (plural pelmets)

1. An interior decorative item that is placed above a window to hide the curtain mechanisms, visually similar to a cornice or valance.

Anagrams

• Temple, temple