corner – Wiktionary

English[edit]

A corner ( junction of streets ) in Cork Ireland, circa 1910

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English corner, from Anglo-Norman cornere (compare Old French cornier, corniere (“corner”)), from Old French corne (“corner, angle”, literally “a horn, projecting point”), from Vulgar Latin *corna (“horn”), from Latin cornua, plural of cornū (“projecting point, end, horn”). More at hirn.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

corner (plural corners)

Quotations

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• 2006, Kelly K. Chappell, Effects of Concept-based Instruction on Calculus Students’ Acquisition of Conceptual Understanding and Procedural Skill, in John Dossey, Solomon Friedberg, Glenda Lappan, W. James Lewis (editorial committee), Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education VI, page 41,

  Of the students enrolled in a traditional learning environment, 65% (42 of 65) correctly answered that the function f ( x ) = | x − 3 | + 4 { \ displaystyle f ( x ) = | x-3 | + 4 }x = 3 { \ displaystyle x = 3 }corner.

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from corner

Descendants[edit]

• → German: Corner
• → Japanese: コーナー(kōnā)

Translations[edit]

— see

anglepoint where two converging lines meetintersection of two streets

secret or secluded place

business : interest that is sufficient for price manipulation

baseball : one of the four vertices of the strike zone

baseball : first or third base

— see

corner kickfootball : corner kick

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Verb[edit]

corner (third-person singular simple present corners, present participle cornering, simple past and past participle cornered)

1. (transitive) To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.

   The cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.

   • 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders,” New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):

     In Juazeiro do Norte, demonstrators cornered the mayor inside a bank for hours and called for his impeachment, while thousands of others protested teachers’ salaries.

2. (transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.

   The reporter cornered the politician by pointing out the hypocrisy of his position on mandatory sentencing, in light of the politician’s own actions in court.

3. (transitive) To put (someone) in an awkward situation.
4. (finance, business, transitive) To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.

   The buyers attempted to corner the shares of the railroad stock, so as to facilitate their buyout.

   It’s extremely hard to corner the petroleum market because there are so many players.

5. (automotive, transitive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.

   As the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out.

6. (automotive, intransitive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.

   That BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff.

7. (transitive) To supply with corners.
   • 1937, Mechanical World and Engineering Record (volume 102, page 208)

     Tool for cornering and cutting off copper switch blades

Translations[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From corn +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

corner m (plural corners)

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• “corner” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English corner.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

corner m (plural corners)

Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

corne +‎ -er

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

corner

Conjugation[edit]

corner ( see also Appendix : French verbsConjugation of

Further reading[edit]

• “corner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English corner.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

corner m

1. (soccer) corner
2. (figuratively) difficult situation
3. (economics) market niche in which a company has a monopoly

References[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cornere.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

corner (plural corneres)

1. A corner or angle; an intersection of two objects where both terminate.
2. The interior or inside of a corner.
3. A refuge or redoubt; a location of safety.
4. A place, especially a faraway or distant one.
5. (rare) A overlook or viewpoint.
6. (rare) The side of a troop or host.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Old French[edit]

Verb[edit]

corner

1. to blow; to horn (sound a horn)

Conjugation[edit]

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-rns, *-rnt are modified to rz, rt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English corner or French corner.

Noun[edit]

corner n (plural cornere)

Declension[edit]

Declension of corner

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

corner m (plural corneres)

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