cornea
/ˈkɔː(ɹ)ni.ə/noun
cornea is spelled C-O-R-N-E-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cornea means “The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cornea is corneas or corneae; Wiktionary also lists corneæ (archaic).
How many letters and syllables are in cornea?
| Letters | 6: C-O-R-N-E-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,549th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cornea?
Cornea appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cornea?
- /ˈkɔː(ɹ)ni.ə/
Cornea has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-US-cornea.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cornea.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cornea
- corneas plural
- corneae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cornea mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cornea in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense layer forming the front of the eye:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cornea come from?
From Latin cornea tela (“horny tissue”), from cornu (“horn”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).