A cutting element (10,500; 10,500'; 10,500"; 10,900; 10,900') for use in a cutting operation comprising: - a cutting edge (10,532; 10,532'; 10,532"; 10,932; 10,932') capable of cutting out material from a workpiece during said operation, to form therein a workpiece corner angle α; - at least one view of said cutting edge in which a portion of the cutting edge is delimitable by a first line (L 1) and a second line (L 2) oriented tangentially to said portion of the cutting edge portion at respective tangency points A and B, and forming therebetween a cutting angle corresponding to the workpiece corner angle α and having a vertex O; said one view of the cutting edge corresponding to a front view of the cutting element; and - a bisector of said cutting angle intersecting the portion of said cutting edge at a point C; wherein - a projection C' of the point C of said portion of the cutting edge on a line O L passing through said vertex O perpendicularly to the plane of said one view is located between projections A' and B' of the respective points A and B of said portion of the cutting edge on said line O L; - said cutting element having a front face (10,522F; 10,522F'; 10,522F"; 10,922F; 10,922F'), a rear face (10,522R; 10,522R'; 10,522R"; 10,922R; 10,922R') opposite the front face, a first side face (10,522S 1; 10,522S 1 '; 10,522S 1 "; 10,922S 1; 10,922S 1 ') and a second side face (10,522S 2; 10,522S 2 '; 10,522S 2 "; 10,922S 2; 10,922S 2 ') angled to one another to form an angle corresponding to the angle α; - the intersection between said front face and said first and second side faces forming said cutting edge; - said point A being located on the intersection between the first side face and the front face while said point B is located on the intersection between the second side face and the front face; and characterized in that in a side view of the cutting element including the cutting edge, one of said points A and B is closer to said rear face than to the other of the points A and B. - a cutting edge (10,532; 10,532'; 10,532"; 10,932; 10,932') capable of cutting out material from a workpiece during said operation, to form therein a workpiece corner angle α; - at least one view of said cutting edge in which a portion of the cutting edge is delimitable by a first line (L 1) and a second line (L 2) oriented tangentially to said portion of the cutting edge portion at respective tangency points A and B, and forming therebetween a cutting angle corresponding to the workpiece corner angle α and having a vertex O; said one view of the cutting edge corresponding to a front view of the cutting element; and - a bisector of said cutting angle intersecting the portion of said cutting edge at a point C; wherein - a projection C' of the point C of said portion of the cutting edge on a line O L passing through said vertex O perpendicularly to the plane of said one view is located between projections A' and B' of the respective points A and B of said portion of the cutting edge on said line O L; - said cutting element having a front face (10,522F; 10,522F'; 10,522F"; 10,922F; 10,922F'), a rear face (10,522R; 10,522R'; 10,522R"; 10,922R; 10,922R') opposite the front face, a first side face (10,522S 1; 10,522S 1 '; 10,522S 1 "; 10,922S 1; 10,922S 1 ') and a second side face (10,522S 2; 10,522S 2 '; 10,522S 2 "; 10,922S 2; 10,922S 2 ') angled to one another to form an angle corresponding to the angle α; - the intersection between said front face and said first and second side faces forming said cutting edge; - said point A being located on the intersection between the first side face and the front face while said point B is located on the intersection between the second side face and the front face; and