different between hornel vs cornel

English

Noun

hornel (plural hornels)

1. (Scotland) The European sand eel.

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English corneille, borrowed from Middle French corneille, from Vulgar Latin *cornicula, from Latin cornus (“the European cornel”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cor?nel

Noun

cornel (plural cornels)

1. Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania (syn. Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum) or Cornus subg. Cornus, especially Cornus mas, the European cornel.
2. The cherry-like fruit of such plants, certain of which are edible.

Synonyms

• (cherry-like fruit): cornelian cherry, cornel cherry

Translations

See also

• dogwood

Anagrams

• Lorenc, cloner, cronel

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

cornel

1. Alternative form of kernel

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman cornal, a dissimilated variant of cornere.

Noun

cornel

1. Alternative form of corner

Alternative forms

• cornelle

Descendants

• ? Irish: coirnéal
• ? Welsh: cornel

Further reading

• “corn?l, -elle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English cornel, from Anglo-Norman cornal, a dissimilated variant of cornere.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /?k?rn?l/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /?k?rnal/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?k?rn?l/

Noun

cornel m or f (plural corneli)

1. corner

   Synonym: congl

Usage notes

This noun is usually feminine but can be masculine in South Wales.

Derived terms

• siop gornel (“corner shop”)

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “cornel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies