cornier
French, noun/kɔʁ.nje/
cornier is spelled C-O-R-N-I-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cornier is a French masculine noun meaning “European cornel (Cornus mas)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arbre qui marque les bornes d’un enclos, d’une coupe de bois, d'un bois,d'une parcelle forestière, d'une…”.
What does cornier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineEuropean cornel (Cornus mas)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est à l’angle d’un bâtiment, d’un mur, etc.
noun: 1. Arbre qui marque les bornes d’un enclos, d’une coupe de bois, d'un bois,d'une parcelle forestière, d'une forêt.
noun: 1. Cornouiller mâle, Cornus mas ^([1]).
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 cornier
- corniers plural
- cornière singular feminine
- cornières plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cornier?
- /kɔʁ.nje/
- \kɔʁ.nje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cornier in French?
cornier appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).