corn

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.1.3 See also 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.5 References 2 Irish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Mutation 3 Old English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 4 Romanian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Etymology 1 4.2.1 Noun 4.2.1.1 Declension 4.3 Etymology 2 4.3.1 Noun 4.3.1.1 Declension 5 Scots 5.1 Noun 5.2 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /kɔːn/
• (US) IPA: /kɔɹn/
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  Rhymes: -ɔː(r)n

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English corn <- Proto-Germanic *korno- <- Proto-Germanic *kurnom <- Proto-Indo-European *grnóm (“‘grain; worn-down’”), neuter participle of Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“‘to wear down’”). Cognate with Dutch koren, German Korn, Swedish korn; see also Russian зерно, Czech zrno, Latin granum. Compare grain.

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corn (plural corns)

1. (British, uncountable) A grain or seed.
2. (uncountable) The grain obtained from a plant, especially of cereal crops.
3. (British, Irish, uncountable) A cereal plant grown for its grain. Locally, this may refer the leading crop of a region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, wheat, barley etc. in England and Wales.
   • 1909, Susannah Mary Paull (translator), The Swiss Family Robinson, page 462:

     I found that we had nearly a hundred bushels of corn, including wheat, maize, and barley, to add to our store.

4. (uncountable, not IE, UK) Maize.
   • 1809, Edward Augustus Kendall, Travels Through the Northern Parts of the United States^[1]:

     The planting or sowing of maize, exclusively called corn, was just accomplished on the Town Hill, when I reached it.

5. (uncountable, not IE, UK) Sweetcorn.
   • 1886 August 7, Eleanor M. Thomas, letter to Herman Melville:

     Mamma lets me have corn for dinner if I eat my meat.

[edit] Derived terms

• cornflour
• cornmeal
• cornstarch
• peppercorn
• sweetcorn

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• barley
• cereal
• grain
• maize
• oats
• rye
• wheat

[edit] Verb

to corn (third-person singular simple present corns, present participle corning, simple past and past participle corned)

1. (US, Canadian) To granulate - form a substance into grains.
2. (US, Canadian) To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. Corned beef.
3. (US, Canadian) To provide with corn (typically maize) for feed. e.g. Corn the horses.

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From Old French corn “horn” (modern: corne)

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corn (plural corns)

1. A callus on the foot.

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corn (uncountable)

1. (US, Canadian) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion (Adjective: corny).^[1]

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• Notes:

1. ^ "Corn (emotion)." Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Cambridge University Press.

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [koːɾˠn̪ˠ]

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corn m.

1. horn (as a musical instrument)

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First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative corn coirn Vocative a choirn a chorna Genitive coirn corn Dative corn coirn

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an corn na coirn Genitive an choirn na gcorn Dative leis an gcorn don chorn leis na coirn

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
corn	chorn	gcorn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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[edit] Old English

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Proto-Germanic *kurnan, from Proto-Indo-European *g̑r̥h₂-no- (“‘grain’”).

Germanic cognates: Old Frisian korn, Old Saxon korn (Dutch koren), Old High German korn (German Korn), Old Norse korn (Swedish korn), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽.

Indo-European cognates: Latin grānum, Old Church Slavonic зрьно (Russian зерно), Lithuanian žìrnis, Old Irish grán (Welsh grawn).

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• IPA: /koɹn/

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corn n

1. corn, a grain or seed

   Hie wæron benumene ægðer ge ðæs ceapes ge ðæs cornes: they were deprived both of cattle and of corn. (AS Chronicle)

2. a cornlike pimple, a corn on the foot

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[edit] Romanian

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• IPA: [korn]

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Latin cornus

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corn n. (plural corni)

1. European Cornel, scientific name Cornus mas
2. rafter (of a house)

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From Latin cornū

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corn n. (plural coarne)

1. horn

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[edit] Scots

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corn (plural corns)

1. corn
2. oats
3. (in plural) crops (of grain)

[edit] Verb

tae corn (third-person singular simple present corns, present participle cornin, simple past cornt, past participle cornt)

1. To feed (a horse) with oats ot grain.