cornet

English

/kɔɹˈnɛt/, /ˈkɔːnɪt/

noun
Definitions
  • 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.
  • A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK) an ice cream cone.
  • (obsolete) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
  • A kind of organ stop.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English cornet derived from Old French cornet derived from Latin cornū (horn, a trumpet, a horn, a bugle-horn).

Origin

Latin

cornū

Gloss

horn, a trumpet, a horn, a bugle-horn

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

角

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