cornaline
French, noun/kɔʁ.na.lin/
cornaline is spelled C-O-R-N-A-L-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 94,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cornaline is a French feminine noun meaning “carnelian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pierre précieuse rouge et un peu transparente, variété de calcédoine”.
What does cornaline mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecarnelian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pierre précieuse rouge et un peu transparente, variété de calcédoine. 2. Bille pour jouer, bille de verre contenant des veinures colorées, agate. Belle bille par opposition aux billes en terre cuite utilisées autrefois par les enfants.
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 cornaline
- cornalines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cornaline?
- /kɔʁ.na.lin/
- \kɔʁ.na.lin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cornaline
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cornaline in French?
cornaline appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).