Corneille

[ kawr-ney; French kawr-ne-yuh ]

noun

1. Pierre [pee-, air, pye, r], 1606–84, French dramatist and poet.

Corneille

/ kɔrnɛj /

noun

1. CorneillePierre16061684MFrenchTHEATRE: dramatist Pierre (pjɛr). 1606–84, French tragic dramatist often regarded as the founder of French classical drama. His plays include Médée (1635), Le Cid (1636), Horace (1640), and Polyeucte (1642)

Example Sentences

Corneille de Lyon painted portraits and, as far as we know, nothing else.

From Washington Post

The Rev. Corneille Fortuna, who helps run the complex, said he narrowly survived when his residence on the property caved in.

From New York Times

But they found that “all the plays signed by Molière belong to the same cluster, very distinct from Corneille’s plays, whichever the type of feature studied … We thus consider this first hypothesis disproved.”

From The Guardian

Louÿs proposed the more educated Corneille as a possible ghostwriter, suggesting he composed plays that Molière would affix his name to and promote using his fame as an actor, in a mutually beneficial relationship.

From Science Magazine

At the Chapelle Corneille, the orchestra, which consisted of nine young musicians, ran through instrumental pieces by Arcangelo Corelli and other composers while checking for texts from Orliński on his latest estimated time of arrival.

From The New Yorker