コーン

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Japanese

コーン (kōn): a cone.

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowing from English cone.[1][2]

Noun

コーン (kōn

  1. a cone
Synonyms

Etymology 2

コーン (kōn): a bowl of corn soup.

Borrowing from English corn.[1][2]

Noun

コーン (kōn

  1. corn, especially loose-kernel corn
Usage notes

Often used in compounds.

The more common term for corn on the cob is トウモロコシ (tōmorokoshi), also spelled in kanji as 玉蜀黍.

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN