different between cornice vs soffit

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

Etymology

From French soffite, from Italian soffitto, from sof- (“under”) + past participle of figgere (“to fix”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?f.?t/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?s?.f?t/
• Rhymes: -?f?t

Noun

soffit (plural soffits)

1. (architecture) The visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element.
   • 1983, Monte Burch, Building Small Barns, Sheds & Shelters, page 110

     If the soffit is to be sloping, simply attach the soffit board(s) to the underside of the rafters, butting the edges tight against the fascia board in front and the barn siding in the back.
2. (pipe technology) The top point of the inside open section of a pipe or box conduit.

   The elevation of the pipe soffit is 10.4 meters above mean sea level.

Derived terms

• coffered soffit

Translations

See also

• soffit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia