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The French word for corner is
coin





corner

Gender

The gender of coin is masculine. E.g. le coin.

Plural

The plural of coin is coins.

French Definition


corner
     1. n. Coin, encoignure.
           Telles furent les pensées du serrurier lorsqu'il s'assit d'abord dans la confortable encoignure, ….
     2. n. (Football) Corner.
     3. v. Se mettre en travers.
     4. v. Accaparer, monopoliser.



Translations for corner and their definitions

coin
     1. n-m. wedge, cornerpiece
     2. n-m. corner
           L'église fait le coin. - The church is just on the corner.
     3. n-m. area, part, place, spot
           « Je suis le seul robot dans ce coin. » - "I am the only robot around here.".
     4. interj. quack


piéger
     1. v. to trap (catch in a trap), to trick, to set up
           Deux hommes armés m'attendaient devant ma maison : ils ont voulu me piéger. - Two armed men had been waiting for me outside my house: they wanted to trap me.


manœuvrer
     1. v. to maneuver



rencogner
     1. v. to corner


tourner
     1. v. to turn (left, right etc.)
     2. v. to stir (e.g. ingredients)
     3. v. to tour, to go on tour
     4. v. (film) to film, to shoot a film
     5. v. (computing, ambitransitive) to run, to execute (a program, an application etc.)
           Faire tourner un programme sur son ordinateur. - To run a program on one's computer.
     6. v. to lathe


acculer
     1. v. to corner someone, to prevent retreat or escape


cornériser
     1. v. to corner (a financial market)


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