Word.ws English Dictionary

Corsican

UK/ˈkɔː(ɹ)sɪkən//ˈkɔɹsəkən/

Corsican adjective: of, from or relating to Corsica, France or the Corsican language.

Adjective

Corsican (comparative more Corsican, superlative most Corsican)

  1. Of, from or relating to Corsica, France or the Corsican language.
    • The other man looked like a Corsican shopkeeper. He was short and very dark with a flat head covered with thickly greased hair.1953, Ian Fleming, “Moment of Truth”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 79

Noun

Corsican (plural Corsicans)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Corsica, France.

Proper noun

Corsican

  1. The language of the Corsican people.

Corsican meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Arabic and Indonesian

Corsican in Hindi

person from Corsica or of Corsican descent
कोर्सिकन korsikan
language
कोर्सिकन korsikan

Corsican in Marathi

of, from, or pertaining to Corsica
कॉर्सिकन kŏrsikan
person from Corsica or of Corsican descent
कॉर्सिकन kŏrsikan
language
कॉर्सिकन kŏrsikan

Corsican in Arabic

language
الْكُورْسِيكِيَّة al-kūrsīkiyya

Corsican in Indonesian

language
bahasa Korsika, Korsika

Forms of Corsican

Adjective
comparativemore Corsican
superlativemost Corsican
Noun
pluralCorsicans

Origin of Corsican

From Corsica + -an.

Words formed from Corsican

Phrases with Corsican

Questions about Corsican

What does Corsican mean?
Corsican means of, from or relating to Corsica, France or the Corsican language.
What is Corsican in Hindi?
Corsican in Hindi is कोर्सिकन (korsikan). See Corsican meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Corsican?
Corsican can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Corsican?
Corsican is pronounced /ˈkɔː(ɹ)sɪkən/ (UK).

Words near Corsican in the dictionary

  1. Corsey
  2. Corseys
  3. Corsham
  4. Corsi
  5. Corsica
  6. Corsican
  7. Corsican broom
  8. Corsican curse
  9. Corsican mint
  10. Corsican mints
  11. Corsican moss

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Corsican (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-Corsican.ogg.

Cite this entry: “Corsican.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/corsican. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.