corne
See also: corné and čorne
French
Etymology
From Old French corne, from Vulgar Latin *corna (taken as a feminine singular), from Classical Latin cornua, plural of cornū (whence cor).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔʁn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔʁn
Noun
corne f (plural cornes)
- (countable) horn
- (uncountable) corn (callus)
Derived terms
- avoir des cornes
- bête à cornes
- corné
- corne à boire
- corne d'abondance
- corne de brume
- Corne de l'Afrique
- cornée
- corner
- cornet
- cornichon
- cornu
- prendre le taureau par les cornes
Further reading
- “corne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- ronce
Latin
Noun
corne
- vocative singular of cornus
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French corne, corn; from Latin cornū.
Alternative forms
- corn, coorne
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔrn/, /koːrn/
Noun
corne (plural cornes)
- (rare) callus
Descendants
- English: corn
References
- “cō̆rne, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-08.
Noun
corne
- Alternative form of corn (“grain”)
Old French
Alternative forms
- corn m
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *corna (taken as a feminine singular), from Classical Latin cornua, plural of cornū.
Noun
corne f (oblique plural cornes, nominative singular corne, nominative plural cornes)
- horn (bony projection found on the head of some animals)
- horn (instrument used to create sound)
Synonyms
- (instrument): olifan, graisle
Descendants
- French: corne