cornella
Catalan
    
    Etymology
    
Inherited from Old Catalan cornella~corneylla, from Latin cornīcula, diminutive of cornīx (“crow”).
Pronunciation
    
Noun
    
cornella f (plural cornelles)
- a crow, especially the carrion crow (Corvus corone)
- Synonym: cucala
 
 - (archaic) adulteress
 
Derived terms
    
- cornella becfina
 - cornella emmantellada
 - cornella negra
 - cornella nord-americana
 
Further reading
    
- “cornella” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
 - “cornella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
 
Galician
    
    Etymology 1
    
From Old Galician-Portuguese cornelha, inherited from Latin cornīcula, diminutive of cornīx (“crow”). Compare Spanish corneja, French corneille.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [koɾˈneʎɐ]
 
Etymology 2
    
From Latin corniculum.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [koɾˈneʎɐ]
 
References
    
- “cornelha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
 - “cornel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
 - “cornella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
 - “cornella” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
 - “cornella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
 
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