cornet

cornet

See also: Cornet

English

A cornet (musical instrument).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɔɹˈnɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːnɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪt

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Etymology 1

From Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”).

Noun

cornet (plural cornets)

1. A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.

   Synonyms: cornet-à-piston, cornet-à-pistons

2. A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
3. A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK, dated) an ice cream cone.
4. (obsolete) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
   • 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, OCLC 937919305:

     They discerned a body of five cornets of horse very full, standing in very good order to receive them.

5. A kind of organ stop.

Derived terms

• cornetist

Translations

musical instrument

Bulgarian: корнет m (kornet) Catalan: corneta (ca) f Czech: kornet (cs) m Dutch: kornet (nl) f Finnish: kornetti (fi) French: cornet (fr) m Georgian: სიმინდი (simindi) German: Kornett (de) n Greek: κορνέτα (el) f (kornéta), κορνέτο (el) n (kornéto) Hungarian: kornett (hu) Irish: coirnéad m Italian: cornetta (it) f Lithuanian: kornetas m Norwegian: Bokmål: kornett m Polish: kornet (pl) m Portuguese: corneta (pt) f Russian: корне́т (ru) m (kornét), корне́т-а-писто́н (ru) m (kornét-a-pistón) Spanish: corneta (es) f Swahili: tarumbeta ndogo Turkish: kornet (tr) Vietnamese: kèn coonê

piece of paper twisted to make a container

Bulgarian: фунийка f (funijka) Finnish: tuutti (fi) French: cornet (fr) m German: Spitztüte (de) f, Papiertüte (de) f Irish: coirceog pháipéir f Maltese: qartas m Russian: кулёк (ru) m (kuljók), фу́нтик (ru) m (fúntik) Spanish: cartucho (es) m, cucurucho (es) m Swedish: strut (sv) Turkish: külah (tr)

pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream

Finnish: tötterö (fi) French: cornet (fr) m German: Eistüte (de) f, Eishörnchen (de) n Norwegian: Bokmål: kremmerhus (no) n Russian: рожо́к (ru) m (rožók) Spanish: cono (es) m, cucurucho (es) m Turkish: külah (tr)

troop of cavalry

Finnish: kornetti (fi) Malay: kornet

kind of organ stop

Finnish: kornetti (fi)

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Dutch: kornet (nl) French: cornet (fr) m Italian: cono di cialda m Polish: kornet (pl) m

Etymology 2

From Middle French cornette, diminutive of corne, from Latin cornua (“horns”).

Noun

cornet (plural cornets)

1. The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.
2. (obsolete) The standard flown by a cavalry troop.
3. (historical) The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).
   • 1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 45:

     No general would have sent a mere cornet in command of five hundred horse: Fairfax despatched a colonel to take charge as soon as he heard what had happened.

   • 1999, Mike Mitchell, translating HJC von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, III.14, Dedalus 2016, p. 253:

     This cornet [translating Cornet] was a brave young cavalier and not more than two years older than me.

Derived terms

• cornetcy

Translations

military officer

Finnish: kornetti (fi) French: cornette (fr) m

Anagrams

• Cotner, centro-, corten, creton, cronet, retcon

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French

Etymology

From corne +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.nɛ/

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Noun

cornet m (plural cornets)

1. (paper) cone
2. (pastry) horn; (ice-cream) cone
3. post horn
   • 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 17:

     Il tenait à la main gauche un cornet semblable à celui dont usaient les postillons ; en cas de péril, l'alarme serait donnée au patron qui tenait la barre à l'arrière.

     In his left hand he held a horn like those used by post riders; in case of danger, the alarm would be given to the owner who was at the forward rail.

4. (music) cornet; cornet stop (on organ)
5. portable inkhorn
6. (Switzerland) plastic bag
7. ear trumpet

Descendants

• → English: cornet
• → Swiss High German: Cornet

See also

• cornette

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

• “cornet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• conter, contre, contré

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• cornette

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cornet; equivalent to corne (“callus”) +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrnit/, /ˈkɔrnɛt/

Noun

cornet (plural cornettes)

1. A cornet (musical instrument).
2. (rare) A triangle-shaped slice of bread.

Descendants

• English: cornet

References

• “cornet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-08.

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Romanian

Etymology

corn +‎ -et

Noun

cornet n (plural corneturi)

1. cornel grove

Declension

Declension of cornet

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cornet	cornetul	(niște) corneturi	corneturile
genitive/dative	(unui) cornet	cornetului	(unor) corneturi	corneturilor
vocative	cornetule		corneturilor