corner

See also: Corner, and córner

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkwoɹnɚ/
Audio (US): (file)
Hyphenation: cor‧ner
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English corner, from Anglo-Norman cornere (compare Old French cornier, corniere (“corner”)), from Old French corne (“corner, angle”, literally “a horn, projecting point”), from Vulgar Latin *corna (“horn”), from Latin cornua, plural of cornū (“projecting point, end, horn”). The sense of "angle, corner" in Old French is not found in Latin or other Romance languages. It was possibly calqued from Frankish *hurnijā (“corner, angle”), which is similar to, and derived from *hurn, the Frankish word for "horn". Displaced native cognate Middle English hirn, herne, from Old English hyrne, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“little horn, hook, angle, corner”), whence modern English hirn (“nook, corner”), itself related to horn.

Noun

corner (plural corners)

The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
The corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.
1. The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
  The chimney corner was full of cobwebs.
  - 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
    They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
  - 1982, The Desert Realm‎^[1], National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 221:
    The Altay Mountains to the north prevent rain clouds from reaching the Gurbantünggüt Desert, which fills the center of the Junggar Basin in China's northwest corner.
2. The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
  Herbert bruised his shin on the corner of the coffee table.
3. An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
  The liquor store on the corner also sold lottery tickets.
4. (Maine) The neighborhood surrounding an intersection of rural roads.
5. (attributive) Denoting a premises that is in a convenient local location, notionally, but not necessarily literally, on the corner of two streets.
  corner store, corner deli, corner newsagent
An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
Shining a light in the dark corners of the mind. I took a trip out to his corner of town.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
  Why, that’s the lady: all the world desires her; / From the four corners of the earth they come, / To kiss this shrine, this mortal-breathing saint:
- 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 248:
  Indian English is today one of the most widespread and abundantly used varieties of English, in extensive use not only throughout South Asia but in virtually every corner of the globe.
A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
On weekends, Emily liked to find a quiet corner and curl up with a good book.
An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.
(business, finance) A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
In the 1970s, private investors tried to get a corner on the silver market, but were ultimately unsuccessful.
1. (figuratively) Complete control or ownership of something.
  - 1974 April 6, Sheri, “Women's Oppression and Separatism vs. Gay Liberation for All”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
    It's not my oppression, it's not your oppression but rather our oppression. No one of us has a corner on oppression.
(heading) Relating to the playing field.
1. (baseball) One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
  The pitch was just off the corner, low and outside.
2. (baseball) First base or third base.
  There are runners on the corners with just one out.
3. (soccer) A corner kick.
4. (American football) A cornerback.
5. (boxing) The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.
6. (boxing, by extension) The group of people who assist a boxer during a bout.
A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
Welcome to our English corner.
(obsolete) A point scored in a rubber at whist.

Quotations

2006, Kelly K. Chappell, Effects of Concept-based Instruction on Calculus Students’ Acquisition of Conceptual Understanding and Procedural Skill, in John Dossey, Solomon Friedberg, Glenda Lappan, W. James Lewis (editorial committee), Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education VI, page 41,
Of the students enrolled in a traditional learning environment, 65% (42 of 65) correctly answered that the function $f(x)=|x-3|+4$ was not differentiable (or had no derivative) at $x=3$ .Of those, 55% (23 of 42) argued that a function did not have a derivative at a corner.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Terms derived from corner

Descendants

→ German: Corner
→ Japanese: コーナー (kōnā)

Translations

point where two converging lines meet — see angle

space in the angle between converging lines or walls

Afrikaans: hoek (af)
Albanian: qoshe (sq) f, skutë (sq) f
Arabic: زَاوِيَة f (zāwiya), رُكْن m (rukn)
Hijazi Arabic: ركن m (rukun)

Tunisian Arabic: تركينة f (tærkīna)
Armenian: անկյուն (hy) (ankyun)
Azerbaijani: guşə (az), künc (az)
Bashkir: мөйөш (möyöş)
Basque: izkina
Belarusian: кут m (kut)
Bengali: কোণার (kōnar), কোণ (bn) (kōn)
Bhojpuri: कोना (kōnā)
Bislama: kona
Bulgarian: ъ́гъл (bg) m (ǎ́gǎl)
Burmese: ထောင့် (my) (htaung.)
Catalan: racó (ca) m
Chamicuro: itso'me
Chechen: са (sa)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 角落 (gok³ lok⁶ / gok³ lok¹), 角落頭／角落头 (gok³ lok¹ tau²)

Mandarin: 角落 (zh) (jiǎoluò), 拐角 (zh) (guǎijiǎo), 隅 (zh) (yú), 旮旯 (zh) (gālá), 牆角／墙角 (zh) (qiángjiǎo) (formed by two walls)
Czech: kout (cs) m, roh (cs) m
Danish: hjørne n
Dutch: hoek (nl) m
Esperanto: angulo (eo)
Estonian: nurk (et)
Finnish: nurkka (fi), kulma (fi)
French: coin (fr) m
Galician: recuncho m, curruncho m, canto (gl) m
Georgian: კუთხე (ka) (ḳutxe)
German: Ecke (de) f, Winkel (de) m
Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌰 (waihsta)
Greek: γωνία (el) f (gonía)
Ancient: γωνία f (gōnía)
Hebrew: פינה \ פִּנָּה (he) f (piná)
Hindi: कोना (hi) m (konā)
Hungarian: sarok (hu), csücsök (hu)
Icelandic: horn (is) n
Igbo: nchinchi
Ingrian: nurkka, kolkka, nukka
Ingush: са (sa)
Irish: cúinne m
Italian: angolo (it) m
Japanese: 隅 (ja) (すみ, sumi), コーナー (ja) (kōnā)
Kabuverdianu: béke, béku, kantu
Kazakh: бұрыш (būryş)
Khmer: ជ្រុង (km) (crung), កោណ (km) (kaon)
Komi-Zyrian: пельӧс (peľös)
Korean: 구석 (ko) (guseok), 모서리 (ko) (moseori)
Kyrgyz: бурч (ky) (burc)
Lao: ມຸມ (lo) (mum)
Latgalian: styurs
Latin: angulus m
Latvian: stūris (lv) m, kakts m
Lithuanian: kampas m
Macedonian: агол m (agol), ќош (mk) m (ḱoš), ќоше n (ḱoše)
Malay: penjuru (ms)
Malayalam: മൂല (ml) (mūla)
Maltese: rokna f
Mari:
Eastern Mari: лук (luk), пусак (pusak)
Middle English: corner, herne
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: булан (mn) (bulan)
Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} ло̄х (lōh)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hjørne (no) n
Occitan: canton (oc) m
Old English: hyrne f
Ottoman Turkish: بوجاق (bucak), كوشه (köşe), زاویه (zâviye), كنج (künc)
Pashto: زاويه (ps) f (zāweyá)
Persian: گوشِه (fa) (guše), کُنج (fa) (konj)
Plautdietsch: Akj f, Winkjel n
Polish: kąt (pl) m, kącik (pl) m, węgieł (pl) m, róg (pl) m
Portuguese: canto (pt) m
Romanian: ungher (ro), colț (ro)
Russian: у́гол (ru) m (úgol), уголо́к (ru) m (ugolók)
Sanskrit: कोण (sa) m (koṇa), अश्रि (sa) f (aśri)
Scottish Gaelic: oisinn f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ку̑т m

Roman: kȗt (sh) m
Shan: ထွင်ႉ (thâ̰ung)
Sicilian: agnuni (scn) m, àngulu (scn) m
Slovak: kút m, roh m
Slovene: vogal (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: rog m
Spanish: ángulo (es) m, rincón (es) m (the inside of a corner), esquina (es) f, ostugo (es) m (the inside of a corner)
Swahili: kona (sw)
Swedish: hörn (sv) n
Tajik: гуша (guša), кунҷ (kunj)
Tamil: மூலை (ta) (mūlai), கோடி (ta) (kōṭi)
Tatar: почмак (tt) (poçmaq), мөеш (möeş)
Telugu: మూల (te) (mūla)
Thai: มุม (th) (mum)
Tibetan: ཟུར (zur)
Turkish: köşe (tr), bucak
Turkmen: künjek, çüňk
Udmurt: сэрег (sereg)
Ukrainian: кут m (kut), куто́к m (kutók)
Urdu: کونا (konā), نککڑ (nakkaṛ)
Uyghur: بۇرجەك (burjek)
Uzbek: burchak (uz)
Vietnamese: góc (vi)
Welsh: congl f, cornel (cy) m or f
Yiddish: ווינקל m or n (vinkl)

projection into space of an angular solid

Bulgarian: връх (bg) m (vrǎh), ъ́гъл (bg) m (ǎ́gǎl), ръб (bg) m (rǎb)
Finnish: kulma (fi)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Ecke (de) f
Greek: γωνία (el) f (gonía)
Ancient: γωνία f (gōnía)
Hindi: कोण (hi) m (koṇ)
Irish: coirneál m
Italian: sporgenza (it) f, angolo sporgente, pietra d'angolo
Japanese: 角 (ja) (かど, kado)
Macedonian: агол m (agol), ќош (mk) m (ḱoš), ќоше n (ḱoše)
Portuguese: quina (pt) f
Russian: у́гол (ru) m (úgol)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: rog m
Swahili: kona (sw)

intersection of two streets

Albanian: kënd (sq) m
Armenian: անկյուն (hy) (ankyun)
Basque: izkina
Belarusian: рог m (roh)
Bulgarian: ъ́гъл (bg) m (ǎ́gǎl)
Catalan: cantonada (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 角 (zh) (jiǎo), 街角 (zh) (jiējiǎo)
Czech: roh (cs) m
Danish: hjørne n
Dutch: hoek (nl)
Esperanto: angulo (eo)
Estonian: nurk (et)
Finnish: kulma (fi), kadunkulma
French: coin (fr) m
Galician: esquina (gl) f
Georgian: კუთხე (ka) (ḳutxe)
German: Ecke (de) f
Greek: γωνία (el) f (gonía), γωνιά (el) f (goniá)
Hebrew: פינה / פִּנָּה (he) f (piná)
Hindi: नुक्कड़ (nukkaṛ)
Hungarian: sarok (hu)
Irish: coirneál m
Italian: angolo (it) m
Japanese: 街角 (ja) (まちかど, machikado), 角 (ja) (かど, kado), コーナー (ja) (kōnā)
Kabuverdianu: béke, béku
Korean: 모퉁이 (ko) (motung'i), 코너 (ko) (koneo), 가각(街角) (ko) (gagak)
Latvian: stūris (lv) m
Lithuanian: kampas m
Macedonian: а́гол m (ágol), ќош (mk) m (ḱoš), ќо́ше n (ḱóše)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hjørne (no) n
Old English: hyrne f
Persian: نَبش (fa) (nabš)
Polish: róg (pl) m
Portuguese: esquina (pt) f
Romanian: colț (ro)
Russian: у́гол (ru) m (úgol)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: у̏гао m

Roman: ȕgao (sh) m
Slovak: roh m
Slovene: vogal (sl) m
Spanish: esquina (es) f
Swahili: kona (sw)
Swedish: korsning (sv) c, hörn (sv) n
Tamil: முனை (ta) (muṉai)
Telugu: మూల (te) (mūla)
Turkish: kavşak (tr)
Ukrainian: ріг (uk) m (rih)
Uzbek: muyush (uz)
Vietnamese: góc (vi)
Yiddish: ראָג m (rog), ווינקל m or n (vinkl)

part or region farthest from the center

Bulgarian: край (bg) m (kraj), кът (bg) m (kǎt)
Finnish: perä (fi) (geographically); sopukka (fi) (of mind)
Galician: canto (gl) m
Irish: deireadh m
Maori: pī (of the eye or mouth), pī o te kanohi (of the eye), pī o te waha (of the mouth), pito (of the Earth)
Portuguese: canto (pt) m
Russian: уголо́к (ru) m (ugolók), коне́ц (ru) m (konéc)
Swahili: kona (sw)
Tamil: கோடி (ta) (kōṭi)

secret or secluded place

Armenian: անկյուն (hy) (ankyun)
Bulgarian: кътче (bg) n (kǎtče), кът (bg) m (kǎt)
Catalan: amagatall (ca) m, racó (ca) m
Finnish: soppi (fi), sopukka (fi), nurkkaus
French: coin (fr) m
German: Ecke (de) f
Greek: γωνιά (el) f (goniá)
Irish: cearn f
Japanese: コーナー (ja) (kōnā)
Latin: angulus m
Macedonian: ка́тче n (kátče), ќоше n (ḱoše)
Middle English: corner, herne
Ottoman Turkish: زاویه (zâviye)
Portuguese: canto (pt) m
Russian: у́гол (ru) m (úgol), уголо́к (ru) m (ugolók), закуто́к (ru) m (zakutók)
Sicilian: agnuni (scn) m
Swahili: kona (sw)
Swedish: hörna (sv) c
Telugu: మూల (te) (mūla)
Ukrainian: куто́к m (kutók), за́куток m (zákutok)
Yiddish: ווינקל m or n (vinkl), ווינקעלע n (vinkele)

business: interest that is sufficient for price manipulation

Finnish: nurkka (fi)
Irish: monaplacht f
Swahili: kona (sw)

baseball: one of the four vertices of the strike zone

baseball: first or third base

Spanish: esquina (es)

football: corner kick — see corner kick

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Georgian: ^{(please verify)} კუთხე (ka) (ḳutxe)

Verb

corner (third-person singular simple present corners, present participle cornering, simple past and past participle cornered)

(transitive) To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.
The cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.
- 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 June 2013:
  In Juazeiro do Norte, demonstrators cornered the mayor inside a bank for hours and called for his impeachment, while thousands of others protested teachers’ salaries.
(transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
The reporter cornered the politician by pointing out the hypocrisy of his position on mandatory sentencing, in light of the politician's own actions in court.
(transitive) To put (someone) in an awkward situation.
(finance, business, transitive) To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.
The buyers attempted to corner the shares of the railroad stock, so as to facilitate their buyout.

It's extremely hard to corner the petroleum market because there are so many players.
(automotive, transitive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
As the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out.
(automotive, intransitive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
That BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff.
(transitive) To supply with corners.
- 1937, Mechanical World and Engineering Record, volume 102, page 208:
  Tool for cornering and cutting off copper switch blades

Derived terms

Translations

to drive into a corner

Catalan: arraconar (ca)
Finnish: saartaa (fi); ajaa nurkkaan, ahdistaa nurkkaan
French: rencogner (fr)
Galician: acantoar (gl)
Greek: στριμώχνω (el) (strimóchno)
Portuguese: encurralar (pt)
Russian: загонять в угол (zagonjatʹ v ugol) (literally)
Spanish: acorralar (es)
Swahili: kona (sw)
Swedish: tränga in (sv)
Ukrainian: заганя́ти в кут impf (zahanjáty v kut), заганя́ти у ву́гол impf (zahanjáty u vúhol)

to trap in a difficult position

Finnish: ajaa nurkkaan, pussittaa (fi)
French: piéger (fr), acculer (fr)
German: in die Enge treiben
Hebrew: דחק לפינה (dakhák l'finá), סגר (על) (he) (sagár (al))
Hungarian: sarokba szorít (hu)
Polish: zapędzać w kozi róg impf, zapędzić w kozi róg (pl) pf
Portuguese: encurralar (pt)
Russian: ставить в тупик (ru) (stavitʹ v tupik), загонять в у́гол (zagonjatʹ v úgol)
Spanish: acorralar (es)
Swahili: kona (sw)
Ukrainian: заганя́ти у глухи́й кут impf (zahanjáty u hluxýj kut)

business: to get sufficient command of a stock or commodity to be able to manipulate prices

Esperanto: akapari
Finnish: nurkata (fi)
French: ^{(please verify)} négocier un prix de gros, cornériser (fr)
Swahili: kona (sw)

automotive: to turn a corner

Finnish: kääntää (fi)
French: tourner (fr)
Greek: στρίβω (el) (strívo)
Portuguese: dobrar (pt), virar (pt)
Spanish: girar (es), virar (es)

automotive: to handle while turning

Finnish: kääntyä (fi)
French: manœuvrer (fr)
Spanish: maniobrar (es)
Swahili: kona (sw)

Etymology 2

From corn +‎ -er.

Noun

corner (plural corners)

One who corns, or preserves food in salt.
- 1982, Frederic Cople Jaher, The Urban Establishment, page 483:
  Big firms received rebates from railroads in which they owned stock, paid off city officials in order to obtain a low-cost water supply, and fought meat-inspection laws, and meat packers speculated in pork and beef corners.

Anagrams

Cerron

Catalan

Etymology

From corn +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [kurˈne]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [korˈne]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɾˈneɾ]

Noun

corner m (plural corners)

snowy mespilus (Amelanchier ovalis)
Synonyms: corrinyoler, pomerola

Related terms

corneller

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English corner.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr.nər/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: cor‧ner

Noun

corner m (plural corners, diminutive cornertje n)

(soccer) corner

Derived terms

strafcorner

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English corner.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.nœʁ/, /kɔʁ.nɛʁ/

Noun

corner m (plural corners)

(soccer) corner kick, corner
Synonym: coup de pied de coin

Etymology 2

From corne +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.ne/

Verb

corner

to fold a corner of a page
to blow, horn (a cornet or horn)
to bellow
to honk, beep (a vehicle's horn)
to shout from the rooftops

Conjugation

Conjugation of corner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	corner
present participle or gerund¹	simple	cornant /kɔʁ.nɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		corné /kɔʁ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	corne /kɔʁn/	cornes /kɔʁn/	corne /kɔʁn/	cornons /kɔʁ.nɔ̃/	cornez /kɔʁ.ne/	cornent /kɔʁn/
	imperfect	cornais /kɔʁ.nɛ/	cornais /kɔʁ.nɛ/	cornait /kɔʁ.nɛ/	cornions /kɔʁ.njɔ̃/	corniez /kɔʁ.nje/	cornaient /kɔʁ.nɛ/
	past historic²	cornai /kɔʁ.ne/	cornas /kɔʁ.na/	corna /kɔʁ.na/	cornâmes /kɔʁ.nam/	cornâtes /kɔʁ.nat/	cornèrent /kɔʁ.nɛʁ/
	future	cornerai /kɔʁ.nə.ʁe/	corneras /kɔʁ.nə.ʁa/	cornera /kɔʁ.nə.ʁa/	cornerons /kɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/	cornerez /kɔʁ.nə.ʁe/	corneront /kɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	cornerais /kɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	cornerais /kɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	cornerait /kɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	cornerions /kɔʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	corneriez /kɔʁ.nə.ʁje/	corneraient /kɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	corne /kɔʁn/	cornes /kɔʁn/	corne /kɔʁn/	cornions /kɔʁ.njɔ̃/	corniez /kɔʁ.nje/	cornent /kɔʁn/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	cornasse /kɔʁ.nas/	cornasses /kɔʁ.nas/	cornât /kɔʁ.na/	cornassions /kɔʁ.na.sjɔ̃/	cornassiez /kɔʁ.na.sje/	cornassent /kɔʁ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	corne /kɔʁn/	—	cornons /kɔʁ.nɔ̃/	cornez /kɔʁ.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English corner.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr.ner/^[1]
Rhymes: -ɔrner
Hyphenation: còr‧ner

Noun

corner m

(soccer) corner
(figurative) difficult situation
(economics) market niche in which a company has a monopoly

References

^ corner in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Middle English

Alternative forms

cornel, cornelle, cornare, cornere, cornyere, korner

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman corner, cornere (and its dissimilatory variant cornel), from corne (“horn”); compare Medieval Latin cornārius.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔrˈneːr/, /ˈkɔrnər/

Noun

corner (plural corneres)

A corner or angle; a terminal intersection of two objects.
The inside of a corner; the space inside a corner.
A refuge or redoubt; a location of safety.
A place or locale, especially a distant one.
(rare) An overlook or viewpoint.
(rare) The side of a troop or host.

Derived terms

Descendants

English: corner
Scots: corner
Yola: curneale, kurneal
→ Irish: coirnéal
→ Welsh: cornel

References

“cornẹ̄̆r, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-08.
“cornēl, -elle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Verb

corner

to blow; to horn (sound a horn)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rns, *-rnt are modified to rz, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of corner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		corner			avoir corné
gerund		en cornant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		cornant
past participle		corné
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	corn	cornes	corne	cornons	cornez	cornent
	imperfect	cornoie, corneie, cornoe, corneve	cornoies, corneies, cornoes, corneves	cornoit, corneit, cornot, corneve	corniiens, corniens	corniiez, corniez	cornoient, corneient, cornoent, cornevent
	preterite	cornai	cornas	corna	cornames	cornastes	cornerent
	future	cornerai	corneras	cornera	cornerons	corneroiz, cornereiz, cornerez	corneront
	conditional	corneroie, cornereie	corneroies, cornereies	corneroit, cornereit	corneriiens, corneriens	corneriiez, corneriez	corneroient, cornereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	corn	corz	cort	cornons	cornez	cornent
simple tenses	imperfect	cornasse	cornasses	cornast	cornissons, cornissiens	cornissoiz, cornissez, cornissiez	cornassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	corne	—	cornons	cornez	—

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English corner or French corner.

Noun

corner n (plural cornere)

(soccer) corner kick, corner

Declension

Declension of corner

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) corner	cornerul	(niște) cornere	cornerele
genitive/dative	(unui) corner	cornerului	(unor) cornere	cornerelor
vocative	cornerule		cornerelor

Spanish

Noun

corner m (plural corneres)

corner kick

[1] rner in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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corner

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