cornac
\kɔʁ.nak\
The verdict
“cornac” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui est chargé de soigner et de conduire un éléphant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cornac · cornac · French
cornac · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cornac |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔʁ.nak\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cornac is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔʁ.nak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cornac in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cornac, spelled C-O-R-N-A-C.
Definition
- 1Celui qui est chargé de soigner et de conduire un éléphant.
- 2Conducteur de toutes sortes de bêtes sauvages.
- 3Homme qui se fait l’introducteur, le prôneur d’un autre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cornac appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aussi au fur et à mesure qu’on s’élève, on croirait […] que c’est le colosse que l’on a en face de soi, qui s’abaisse graduellement et avec la complaisance d’un éléphant qui se couche à l’ordre de son cornac pour se faire voir de lui-même.
Cette résolution, il se disposait à la mettre à exécution, lorsque Antonio, le cornac de l'éléphant, lui donna l'ordre de monder l'écurie de l'animal.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.