cornucopia

WOTD - 25 May 2008    

English

A cornucopia motif.

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Etymology

From Latin Cornūcōpiae (“mythical horn of plenty”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌkɔː.nəˈkəʊ.pi.ə/, SAMPA: /%kO:.n@"k@U.pI.@/
• (US) IPA: /ˌkɔːr.nəˈkoʊ.pi.ə/, /ˌkɔːr.njəˈkoʊ.pi.ə/, SAMPA: /%kOrn(j)@"koUpi@/

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Noun

cornucopia (countable and uncountable; plural cornucopias)

1. (Greek mythology) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted.
2. A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things.
3. An abundance or plentiful supply.

   The store provided a veritable cornucopia of modern gadgets.

Synonyms

• horn of plenty
• See also Wikisaurus:cornucopia

Derived terms

• pornocopia
• cornucopia machine
• cornucopian
• cornucopiate

Translations

mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink

Bulgarian: рог на изобилието (bg) Croatian: rog obilja m.; kornukopija f. Dutch: hoorn des overvloeds (nl) Finnish: runsaudensarvi (fi) French: corne d'abondance (fr) f. German: Füllhorn (de) n.

Latin: cornucopia  (la) Polish: róg obfitości (pl) m. Russian: рог изобилия (ru) (róg izobílija) m. Spanish: cornucopia (es) f.

hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things

Finnish: runsaudensarvi (fi)

abundance or plentiful supply

Finnish: runsaudensarvi (fi)

German: Fülle (de) f.