corno

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See also: Corno, and cornò

English

Etymology

From Italian corno, from Latin cornu (horn). Doublet of corn and cornu.

Noun

corno (plural corni)

  1. (music) French horn

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Pronunciation

Verb

corno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cornar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese corno, from Latin cornu (horn). Cognate with Portuguese corno and Spanish cuerno.

Pronunciation

Noun

corno m (plural cornos)

  1. (countable and uncountable) horn
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana., A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 378:
      Et os hũus tãgíã cornos et os outros pipas, et os que estauã perlos muros da vila, algũus deles deostauã et dezíã moyto mal aos de fora.
      And some were playing horns and others pipes, and of the ones that were by the walls of the town, some insulted and told many mean things to the ones outside
    • 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos de un escolar gallego:
      Sobre un tapiz dua mesa
      mais louro do que é o carbon
      hay procesos, e un tinteiro
      feito de corno de boy.
      Over the cloth of a table,
      blacker than coal,
      there are lawsuits and an inkwell
      made with ox horn
  2. horn (wind instrument)
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 136:
      Et moy rregeo tãgeo o corno que pero que era de marfil que o fendeu cõ o bafo, et al quebrantouselle as veas do pescoço et os nerueos
      And very strongly he blew the horn, but since it was made of ivory he broke it with the puff, and also he broke the veins of the neck and the nerves
  3. cuckoopint (Arum italicum)
  4. European rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes nasicornis)

Interjection

corno

  1. rats!

References

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cornū, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (horn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔr.no/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrno
  • Hyphenation: còr‧no
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Noun

corno m (plural (in all meanings) corni m or (alternatively when referring to animals) corna f)

  1. (zoology) horn, antler (of an animal)
    le corna della capragoat's horns
  2. (music) horn
    i corni da cacciahunting horns
  3. (geography) horn (peninsula or crescent-shaped tract of land)
    il Corno d'Africahorn of Africa
  4. horn (material, or object made of material)
  5. a horn-shaped amulet worn to ward off evil

Usage notes

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Japanese: コルナ (koruna)
  • Turkish: korna

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

cornō

  1. dative/ablative singular of cornus

Portuguese

cornos

Etymology 1

From Latin cornū, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (horn).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

corno m (plural cornos, metaphonic)

  1. horn (growth on the heads of certain animals)
    Synonyms: haste, chifre
  2. (vulgar) cuckold
    Synonyms: cornudo, chifrudo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin cornus.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

corno m (plural cornos)

  1. cornel, dogwood

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

 

Verb

corno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cornar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoɾno/
  • Rhymes: -oɾno
  • Syllabification: cor‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cornū. Doublet of cuerno.

Noun

corno m (plural cornos)

  1. horn (musical instrument)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin cornus.

Noun

corno m (plural cornos)

  1. cornel

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