corn

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See also -corn, còrn, and Còrn

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old English corn from Proto-Germanic *kurnan from Proto-Indo-European *ǵrHnom (“grain; worn-down”), neuter participle of Proto-Indo-European *ǵer- (“to wear down”). Cognate with Dutch koren, German Korn, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish korn; see also Russian зерно (zerno), Czech zrno, Latin grānum, Lithuanian žirnis and English grain.

[edit] Noun

corn (plural corns)

  1. (US, uncountable) A type of grain of the species Zea mays, 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.
  2. (UK, uncountable) A grain or seed, especially of cereal crops.
  3. (UK, uncountable) Any cereal plant grown for its grain. This usually refers to the main such plant grown in the region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, wheat or barley in England and Wales, and maize or sweetcorn in the Americas.
    • 1847, John Mason Neale, Stories from heathen mythology and Greek history, page 115:
      Among the divinities that dwelt on Mount Olympus, none was more friendly to the husbandman than Demeter, goddess of corn.
    • 1867, Karl Marx (Samuel Moore & Edward Aveling, translators), Das Kapital[2]:
      However much the individual manufacturer might give the rein to his old lust for gain, the spokesmen and political leaders of the manufacturing class ordered a change of front and of speech towards the workpeople. They had entered upon the contest for the repeal of the Corn Laws, and needed the workers to help them to victory. They promised therefore, not only a double-sized loaf of bread, but the enactment of the Ten Hours' Bill in the Free-trade millennium.
    • 1909, Johann David Wyss (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.
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terms derived from corn (noun)
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maize — see maize
the fruits of a cereal crop
[edit] See also
other words for grain

[edit] Verb

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

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

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From Old French corn (modern French corne.

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corn (plural corns)

  1. A callus on the foot.
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callus

[edit] Etymology 3

This use was first used in 1932, as corny, something appealing to country folk.

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corn (uncountable)

  1. (US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.[1]
    • 1975, Tschirlie, Backpacker magazine,
      He had a sharp wit, true enough, but also a good, healthy mountaineer's love of pure corn, the slapstick stuff, the in-jokes that get funnier with every repetition and never amuse anybody who wasn't there.
    • 1986, Linda Martin and Kerry Segrave, Women in Comedy‎,
      There were lots of jokes on the show and they were pure corn, but the audience didn't mind.
    • 2007, Bob L. Cox, Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman: an East Tennessee old-time music pioneer and his musical family,
      The bulk of this humor was pure corn, but as hillbilly material it was meant to be that way.
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[edit] References

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

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corn m. (oblique plural corns, nominative singular corns, nominative plural corn)

  1. horn (instrument used to create sound)

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From Latin cornū.

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corn m. (plural corns)

  1. horn (of animal)
  2. (music) horn

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[edit] Irish

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  • IPA: [koːɾˠn̪ˠ]

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corn m.

  1. horn (musical instrument)
  2. drinking-horn

[edit] Declension

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 *ǵrHnom (“grain”).

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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. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)
  2. a cornlike pimple, a corn on the foot

[edit] Romanian

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[edit] Etymology 1

From 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)
[edit] Declension
declension of corn
singular plural
gender m. indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative un corn cornul niște corni cornii
genitive/dative unui corn cornului unor corni cornilor

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From Latin cornū.

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corn n. (plural coarne)

  1. horn
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declension of corn
singular plural
gender n. indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative un corn cornul niște coarne coarnele
genitive/dative unui corn cornului unor coarne coarnelor
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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 or grain

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corn m. (plural cyrn) 

  1. horn
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