corniche

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UK/kɔːˈniːʃ/UK/ˈkɔːnɪʃ/US/kɔːɹˈniːʃ/US/ˈkɔːɹnɪʃ/

noun

A road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).

OriginFrench corniche →
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Meanings

nouncorniche (plural corniches)

plural corniches

  1. A road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).

    For local color, Fridays on Jiddah's corniche along the Red Sea is hard to beat.

    1987 October, Marianne Alireza, “Women of Saudi Arabia”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 434

Origin

  1. Frenchcorniche“ledge”
  2. Englishcorniche

From French corniche (“ledge”). See also cornice.

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Translations

Finnish tie kielekkeellä, rantatie
  • tie kielekkeelläroad built on a ledge, especially by water
  • rantatieroad built on a ledge, especially by water
Hindi कोर्नीश
  • कोर्नीश (kornīś)road built on a ledge, especially by water
Spanish cornisa
  • cornisaroad built on a ledge, especially by water

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with corniche

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

corniche. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corniche

MLA

“corniche.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corniche. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corniche,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corniche.

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