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. 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.^[1][2]
3. (uncountable) A cereal plant grown for its grain (locally denoting the leading crop of that district, e.g. oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, wheat, barley etc. in England and Wales, maize in the Americas).^[3][4]
4. (US, uncountable) Maize.
5. (US, Canadian) Sweetcorn^[5][6] (Zea mays var. rugosa).^[7]

[edit] Derived terms

• cornflour
• cornmeal
• cornstarch
• peppercorn
• sweetcorn

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[edit] See also

• 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).^[8]

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ "Corn." Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Oxford University Press.
2. ^ "Corn." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Merriam-Webster Incorporated.
3. ^ "Corn." Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Oxford University Press.
4. ^ "Corn." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Merriam-Webster Incorporated.
5. ^ "Corn." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Merriam-Webster Incorporated.
6. ^ "Sweetcorn." Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Oxford University Press.
7. ^ "Sweetorn." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Merriam-Webster Incorporated.
8. ^ "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

[edit] Etymology

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.