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# cornish

adjective (Cornish); noun (Cornish, the language)

«cornish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. From or to do with Cornwall, a county in the far south-west of England. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornish/#m1)
2. The old Celtic language of Cornwall, which is being learned again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornish/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and food, Cornish pasties, Cornish cream teas and Cornish beaches are famous. In history, Cornish tin mines were important. In language lessons, Cornish is a revived Celtic language related to Welsh and Breton.

### Examples

- We ate Cornish pasties on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornish/#x1)
- Cornish tin mines are now museums. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornish/#x2)
- A few people speak Cornish today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornish/#x3)
- The Cornish coast has beautiful cliffs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornish/#x4)
- In Cornwall, you put jam first on a cream tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornish/#x5)
- «Kernow» is the Cornish name for Cornwall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornish/#x6)
- “Here's the right valiant Cornish man, Who slew the giant Cormoran.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornish/#x7)

### Note

Always capital C. A «Cornish pasty» is a pastry with meat and vegetables folded inside.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cornish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cornish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cornish.html) on Mova free.