corn

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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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Singular
corn

Plural
corns

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.
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Infinitive
to corn

Third person singular
corns

Simple past
corned

Past participle
corned

Present participle
corning

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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Singular
corn

Plural
corns

corn (plural corns)

  1. A callus on the foot.
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Singular
corn

Plural
uncountable

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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  • 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

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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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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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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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Latin cornus

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Flowers of the European Cornel; Florile cornului

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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corn (plural corns)

Singular
corn

Plural
corns

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

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

Infinitive
tae corn

Third person singular
corns

Simple past
cornt

Past participle
cornt

Present participle
cornin

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