cornet en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”).
Meanings
- A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
- A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
- An ice cream cone (the shell itself).
- (UK, broadly, dated) An ice cream cone (the unit comprising the shell and the ice cream).
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(obsolete) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
They discerned a body of five cornets of horse very full, standing in very good order to receive them.
1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:
- A kind of organ stop.
- A hollow horn-like growth.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cornets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cornetist · sea cornet · ice-cream cornet · corneter · field cornet · cornetfish
Synonyms
cornet-à-piston · cornet-à-pistons
Translations (58)
ru фу́нтик (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · gl cartiloxo (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · fi tötterö (pastry shell to be filled with ice cream) · gl catavís (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · de Spitztüte (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · pl kornet (musical instrument) · bg корнет (musical instrument) · nl puntzak (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · fi kornetti (musical instrument) · ga coirnéad (musical instrument) · ak abɛn (musical instrument) · gl cartucho (pastry shell to be filled with ice cream) · hu kornett (musical instrument) · gl caperucho (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · ru рожо́к (pastry shell to be filled with ice cream) · de Papiertüte (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · ru кулёк (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · gl catavís (pastry shell to be filled with ice cream) · nl kornet (musical instrument) · tr külah (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · gl gualteira (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · fr cornet (musical instrument) · sv strut (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · ca corneta (musical instrument) · es cucurucho (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · nb kremmerhus (pastry shell to be filled with ice cream) · pl rożek (pastry shell to be filled with ice cream) · es cono (pastry shell to be filled with ice cream) · ru корне́т (musical instrument) · tr kornet (musical instrument) · cs kornet (musical instrument) · fi tuutti (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · sw tarumbeta ndogo (musical instrument) · de Eistüte (pastry shell to be filled with ice cream) · tr külah (pastry shell to be filled with ice cream) · el κορνέτο (musical instrument) · mt qartas (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · fr cornet (pastry shell to be filled with ice cream) · nb kornett (musical instrument) · fi kornetti (kind of organ stop) · fi kornetti (troop of cavalry) · pt corneta (musical instrument) · de Eishörnchen (pastry shell to be filled with ice cream) · bg фунийка (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · es cucurucho (pastry shell to be filled with ice cream) · es cartucho (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · ka სიმინდი (musical instrument) · fr cornet (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · ru корне́т-а-писто́н (musical instrument) · el κορνέτα (musical instrument) · vi kèn coonê (musical instrument) · ga coirceog pháipéir (piece of paper twisted to make a container) · it cornetta (musical instrument) · gl corneta (musical instrument) · de Kornett (musical instrument) · es corneta (musical instrument) · lt kornetas (musical instrument) · ms kornet (troop of cavalry)