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cornac

French, noun/kɔʁ.nak/

cornac is spelled C-O-R-N-A-C (6 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 129,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cornac is a French masculine noun meaning “mahout, elephant driver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui est chargé de soigner et de conduire un éléphant”.

What does cornac mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemahout, elephant driver

  2. 2

    masculineguide

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Celui qui est chargé de soigner et de conduire un éléphant. 2. Conducteur de toutes sortes de bêtes sauvages. 3. Homme qui se fait l’introducteur, le prôneur d’un autre.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of cornac

  • cornacs plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cornac?

  • /kɔʁ.nak/
  • \kɔʁ.nak\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cornac

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cornac in French?

cornac appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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