"cornichon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kɔɹ.nɪ.ʃɔn/ Audio: En-us-cornichon.oga Forms: cornichons [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French cornichon. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|cornichon}} French cornichon Head templates: {{en-noun}} cornichon (plural cornichons)
  1. A dill-pickled gherkin cucumber.
    Sense id: en-cornichon-en-noun-X0rcr0rS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 20 33 10 5 31
  2. A French-style pickled miniature cucumber.
    Sense id: en-cornichon-en-noun-yWzP7ADL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 20 33 10 5 31

Noun [French]

IPA: /kɔʁ.ni.ʃɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-Paris--cornichon.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-X-Javier-cornichon.wav Forms: cornichons [plural]
Etymology: From corne + -iche + -on. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|corne|-iche|-on}} corne + -iche + -on Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} cornichon m (plural cornichons)
  1. gherkin Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cornichon-fr-noun-UZpzjTi- Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 20 33 10 5 31
  2. pickle (“pickled cucumber”) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cornichon-fr-noun-WKLtMp7Q
  3. (slang) nitwit, dummy Tags: masculine, slang
    Sense id: en-cornichon-fr-noun-hF~TSMgF Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -iche, French terms suffixed with -on Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 20 33 10 5 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 25 8 4 49 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 14 81 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -iche: 11 23 66 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -on: 11 23 66

Noun [Norman]

Forms: cornichons [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French cornichon. Etymology templates: {{bor|nrf|fr|cornichon}} French cornichon Head templates: {{head|nrf|noun|||plural|cornichons||||||{{{3}}}|f2accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|head=}} cornichon m (plural cornichons), {{nrf-noun|m}} cornichon m (plural cornichons)
  1. (Jersey) gherkin Tags: Jersey, masculine
    Sense id: en-cornichon-nrm-noun-UZpzjTi- Categories (other): Jersey Norman, Norman entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Foods

Inflected forms

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