Cornish

American  

[kawr-nish] / ˈkɔr nɪʃ /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Cornwall, England, its inhabitants, or the Cornish language.

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noun

1. the Celtic language of Cornwall, extinct since c1800.

2. one of an English breed of chickens raised chiefly for crossing with other breeds to produce roasters.

Cornish British  

/ ˈkɔːnɪʃ /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Cornwall, its inhabitants, their former language, or their present-day dialect of English

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noun

1. a former language of Cornwall, belonging to the S Celtic branch of the Indo-European family and closely related to Breton: extinct by 1800

2. (functioning as plural) the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall

Etymology

Origin of Cornish

1350–1400; late Middle English, apparently syncopated variant of Middle English Cornwelisse. See Cornwall, -ish ¹

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Example Sentences

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Cornish

Eventually Benjamin, no longer an enfeebled old man after more than a decade of life, finds the courage to escape his house and go—where else, in a Cornish village?—down to the pub.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Taylor also revealed how the group perfected their trademark harmonies by singing in a cave on a Cornish beach because they loved the "big sound".

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

The former Conservative prime minister and his wife gave their youngest daughter Florence a middle name of Endellion in honour of the Cornish area where they were staying before she was born in 2010.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Amongst the collection of bags brought up on one such Cornish trip were cuttings of a small red algae which was pink-banded with pincer tips.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

He carried it over to a table, opened it, and quickly skimmed through it, wondering why a history of Cornish tin should have been of interest to Ian Rider.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

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