kornout

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kornouty

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

kornout m inan

  1. paper cone
  2. paper or cellophane cone filled with food
  3. an ice cream cone
    • 2016 July 12, “Trychtýř ze sladké oplatky. Kdo vymyslel kornout na zmrzlinu?”, Lidovky.cz
      Podle jedné z verzí příběhu o kornoutu prodejce vaflí Ernest Hamwi pomohl mladému zmrzlináři Arnoldu Fomachouovi, jemuž došly nádobky na zmrzlinu, a ze svých sladkých oplatek mu vytvořil kornoutek.
      According to one of the versions of the story about the cone, waffle vendor Ernest Hamwi helped young ice cream maker Arnold Fomachou, whom he supplied with ice cream containers, making cones from his sweet waffles.

Declension

Further reading

  • kornout”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • kornout”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • kornout”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)