Corneille

American  

[kawr-ney, kawr-ne-y^uh] / kɔrˈneɪ, kɔrˈnɛ yə /

noun

1. Pierre 1606–84, French dramatist and poet.

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Corneille British  

/ kɔrnɛj /

noun

1. Pierre (pjɛr). 1606–84, French tragic dramatist often regarded as the founder of French classical drama. His plays include Médée (1635), Le Cid (1636), Horace (1640), and Polyeucte (1642)

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Example Sentences

The voice was created in collaboration with sound designers Corneille Houssou, Nicolas Becker and Cyril Holtz and the Haitian poet Makenzy Orcel, who recorded the text co-written with Diop.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2024

“They’ve never been told that Corneille is impossible to understand.”

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2022

The head of Ceni at the time of its dealings with Sud Oil, Corneille Nangaa, declined to comment on the payment, citing parliamentary confidentiality rules.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2021

Corneille Nangaa, the head of Ceni, said: “We ask the nation to remain patient for the time it will take to consolidate all our data.”

From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2019

Of these Voltaire’s edition of Corneille was the most remarkable, and his annotations, united separately under the title of Commentaire sur Corneille, form not the least important portion of his works.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various