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cornel

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈkɔːnəl/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K AO1 R N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania (syn. Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum) or Cornus subg. Cornus, especially Cornus mas, the European cornel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The cherry-like fruit of such plants, certain of which are edible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dogwood, dogwood tree

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

Narrower terms: common white dogwood, eastern flowering dogwood, Cornus florida, red osier, red osier dogwood, red dogwood, American dogwood, redbrush, Cornus stolonifera, silky dogwood, Cornus obliqua, silky cornel, Cornus amomum, common European dogwood, blood-twig, pedwood, Cornus sanguinea, bunchberry, dwarf cornel, crackerberry, pudding berry, Cornus canadensis, cornelian cherry, Cornus mas

History

Etymology

From Middle English corneille, borrowed from Middle French corneille, from Vulgar Latin *cornicula, from Latin cornus (“the European cornel”).

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: абгыӡыр (abgədzər) — tree
  • Albanian: thana — tree
  • Albanian: thanë — tree
  • Arabic: قَرَانِيَا (qarāniyā) — tree
  • Armenian: հոն (hon) — tree
  • Aromanian: cornu — tree
  • Azerbaijani: zoğal — tree
  • Basque: zuhandor — tree
  • Bulgarian: дрян (drjan) — tree
  • Catalan: corneller — tree
  • Danish: kornel — tree
  • Dutch: kornoelje — tree
  • Finnish: kanukka — tree
  • French: cornouiller — tree
  • Friulian: cuargnâl — tree
  • Friulian: cuargnolâr — tree
  • Galician: sangomiño — tree
  • Galician: corneira — tree
  • Georgian: შინდი (šindi) — tree
  • German: Kornelkirschenbaum — tree
  • Greek: κρανιά (kraniá) — tree
  • Ancient Greek: κράνεια (kráneia) — tree
  • Hungarian: som — tree
  • Irish: conbhaiscne — tree
  • Italian: corniolo — tree
  • Latin: cornus — tree
  • Laz: სკინდი (sǩindi) — tree
  • Laz: კიზილჯუღი (ǩizilcuği) — tree
  • Lithuanian: sedula — tree
  • Macedonian: дрен (dren) — tree
  • Mingrelian: ბძგირი (bʒgiri) — tree
  • Mingrelian: შინდი (šindi) — tree
  • Occitan: cormièr — tree
  • Polish: dereń — tree
  • Portuguese: corniso — tree
  • Romanian: corn — tree
  • Russian: кизи́л (kizíl) — tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: дрен — tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: dren — tree
  • Spanish: cornejo — tree
  • Spanish: corno — tree
  • Swedish: kornell — tree
  • Turkish: kızılcık ağacı — tree
  • Ottoman Turkish: قزلجق آغاجی (kızılcık ağacı) — tree
  • Venetan: cornołaro — tree
  • Venetan: cornołer — tree
  • Venetan: crognoło — tree
  • Albanian: thanë — fruit
  • Arabic: قَرَانِيَا (qarāniyā) — fruit
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܘܓܠ (zoġal) — fruit
  • Aramaic: הלהלוכת (halhalōkat) — fruit
  • Armenian: հոն (hon) — fruit
  • Aromanian: coarnã — fruit
  • Azerbaijani: zoğal — fruit
  • Bulgarian: дренка (drenka) — fruit
  • Dutch: kornoeljebes — fruit
  • French: cornouille — fruit
  • Georgian: შინდი (šindi) — fruit
  • German: Kornelkirsche — fruit
  • Greek: κράνο (kráno) — fruit
  • Ancient Greek: κράνειον (kráneion) — fruit
  • Hungarian: som — fruit
  • Italian: corniola — fruit
  • Latin: cornum — fruit
  • Macedonian: дренка (drenka) — fruit
  • Mingrelian: ბძგირი (bʒgiri) — fruit
  • Mingrelian: შინდი (šindi) — fruit
  • Occitan: còrma — fruit
  • Persian: زغال اخته (zoġâl axte) — fruit
  • Polish: dereń — fruit
  • Portuguese: corniso — fruit
  • Romanian: coarnă — fruit
  • Russian: кизи́л (kizíl) — fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: дренка — fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: drenka — fruit
  • Spanish: corno — fruit
  • Swedish: kornell — fruit
  • Ottoman Turkish: قزلجق (kızılcık) — fruit
  • Udi: зокъал (zoq̇al) — fruit