cornerstone

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː.nə.stəʊn/
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• General-American: /ˈkɔɹ.nɚ.stoʊn/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AO1 R N ER0 S T OW2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English corner ston; equivalent to corner + stone. The figurative sense is in part after Psalm 118:22, and is also quoted several times in the New Testament.

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: крайъгълен камък (krajǎgǎlen kamǎk) — base stone
• Catalan: pedra cantonera — base stone
• Czech: nárožní kámen — base stone
• Dutch: hoeksteen — base stone
• Dutch: steunpilaar — base stone
• Esperanto: angulŝtono — base stone
• Finnish: kulmakivi — base stone
• French: pierre angulaire — base stone
• French: pierre d'angle — base stone
• Georgian: ქვაკუთხედი (kvaḳutxedi) — base stone
• German: Eckstein — base stone
• Greek: ακρογωνιαίος λίθος (akrogoniaíos líthos) — base stone
• Hungarian: sarokkő — base stone
• Italian: pietra angolare — base stone
• Italian: pietra d'angolo — base stone
• Japanese: 礎 (ishizue) — base stone
• Middle English: corner ston — base stone
• Khiamniungan Naga: thāyôlòng — base stone
• Persian: پی (pey) — base stone
• Persian: بنیاد (bonyâd) — base stone
• Persian: سنگ پی (sang-e pey) — base stone
• Plautdietsch: Akjsteen — base stone
• Polish: kamień węgielny — base stone
• Russian: краеуго́льный ка́мень (krajeugólʹnyj kámenʹ) — base stone
• Spanish: piedra angular — base stone
• Tagalog: panulukang-bato — base stone
• Turkish: köşe taşı — base stone
• Ottoman Turkish: كوشه طاشی (köşe taşı) — base stone
• Ukrainian: нарі́жний ка́мінь (narížnyj káminʹ) — base stone
• Welsh: conglfaen — base stone
• Arabic: حجر أساس — ceremonial stone
• Armenian: անկյունաքար (ankyunakʻar) — ceremonial stone
• Bulgarian: крайъгълен камък (krajǎgǎlen kamǎk) — ceremonial stone
• Chinese Mandarin: 奠基石 — ceremonial stone
• Chinese Mandarin: 基石 (jīshí) — ceremonial stone
• Czech: základní kámen — ceremonial stone
• Danish: grundsten — ceremonial stone
• Dutch: hoeksteen — ceremonial stone
• Estonian: nurgakivi — ceremonial stone
• Finnish: peruskivi — ceremonial stone
• French: pierre angulaire — ceremonial stone
• French: première pierre — ceremonial stone
• West-Frisian: earste stien — ceremonial stone
• Georgian: ქვაკუთხედი (kvaḳutxedi) — ceremonial stone
• Georgian: საძირკვლის ქვა (saʒirḳvlis kva) — ceremonial stone
• German: Grundstein — ceremonial stone
• Hebrew: אבן פינה — ceremonial stone
• Icelandic: hornsteinn — ceremonial stone
• Italian: pietra angolare — ceremonial stone
• Japanese: 礎石 (soseki) — ceremonial stone
• Kannada: ಅಡಿಗಲ್ಲು (aḍigallu) — ceremonial stone
• Lithuanian: kertinis akmuo — ceremonial stone
• Luxembourgish: Grondsteen — ceremonial stone
• Norwegian Bokmål: hjørnestein — ceremonial stone
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hjørnestein — ceremonial stone
• Occitan: pèira angulara — ceremonial stone
• Plautdietsch: Akjsteen — ceremonial stone
• Polish: kamień węgielny — ceremonial stone
• Portuguese: primeira pedra — ceremonial stone
• Portuguese: pedra angular — ceremonial stone
• Romanian: piatră de temelie — ceremonial stone
• Russian: краеуго́льный ка́мень (krajeugólʹnyj kámenʹ) — ceremonial stone
• Spanish: piedra angular — ceremonial stone
• Spanish: primera piedra — ceremonial stone
• Tagalog: batong-panulukan — ceremonial stone
• Ottoman Turkish: كوشه طاشی (köşe taşı) — ceremonial stone
• Ukrainian: нарі́жний ка́мінь (narížnyj káminʹ) — ceremonial stone
• Vietnamese: viên đá đầu tiên — ceremonial stone
• Welsh: conglfaen — ceremonial stone
• Bulgarian: крайъгълен камък (krajǎgǎlen kamǎk) — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Catalan: pedra angular — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Chinese Mandarin: 基礎 /基础 (jīchǔ) — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Czech: základ — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Esperanto: angulŝtono — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Finnish: kulmakivi — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• French: pierre angulaire — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• French: pierre d'angle — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Georgian: ქვაკუთხედი (kvaḳutxedi) — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• German: Eckpfeiler — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• German: Eckstein — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Greek: ακρογωνιαίος λίθος (akrogoniaíos líthos) — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Hungarian: sarokkő — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Italian: fondamenta — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Norwegian Bokmål: hjørnestein — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hjørnestein — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Persian: سنگبنا (sang-banâ) — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Polish: kamień węgielny — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Portuguese: fundamento — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Portuguese: princípio — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Portuguese: base — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Russian: краеуго́льный ка́мень (krajeugólʹnyj kámenʹ) — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Spanish: fundamento — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Tagalog: panulukang-bato — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central
• Ukrainian: нарі́жний ка́мінь (narížnyj káminʹ) — that which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central