cornet

English

Wikipedia

A cornet (musical instrument).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /kɔɹˈnɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɔːnɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪt

Etymology 1

From Old French cornet, 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.
2. A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
3. A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK) an ice cream cone.
4. (obsolete) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
   • Clarendon

     A body of five cornets of horse.

5. A kind of organ stop.

Derived terms

• cornetist

Translations

musical instrument

• Bulgarian: корнет (bg) (kornet) m
• Czech: kornet (cs) m
• Dutch: kornet (nl)
• French: cornet (fr) m
• German: Kornett (de) n
• Hungarian: kornett (hu)
• Irish: coirnéad (ga) m

• Italian: cornetta (it) f
• Polish: kornet (pl) m
• Portuguese: corneta (pt) f
• Russian: корнет (ru) (kornét) m, корнет-а-пистон (ru) (kornét-a-pistón) m
• Swahili: tarumbeta ndogo (sw)
• Vietnamese: kèn coonê (vi)

cone

• Bulgarian: фунийка (bg) (funijka) f
• Dutch: kornet (nl)
• French: cornet (fr) m
• Italian: cono di cialda m

• Polish: kornet (pl) m
• Russian: кулёк (ru) (kul'ók) m, фунтик (ru) (fúntik) m of paper, рожок (ru) (rožók) m of pastry

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).

Translations

military officer

• French: cornette (fr) m

Derived terms

• cornetcy

Anagrams

• corten
• retcon

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French

Etymology

From corne +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔʁ.nɛ/

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

Descendants

• English: cornet

See also

• cornette

References

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

Anagrams

• conter, contre, contré