horn

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 Derived terms 1.4 Verb 2 Icelandic 2.1 Adjective 2.1.1 Derived terms 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Derived terms 3 Old English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Swedish 4.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: hôn, IPA: /hɔːn/, SAMPA: /hO:n/
• (US) enPR: hôrn, IPA: /hɔːrn/, SAMPA: /hO:rn/
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  Rhymes: -ɔː(r)n

[edit] Noun

horn (countable and uncountable; plural horns)

1. (countable) A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals.
2. (uncountable) The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.

   an umbrella with a handle made of horn

3. (countable) Any of several musical wind instruments.
4. (countable) An instrument resembling a musical horn and used to signal others.

   hunting horn

5. (countable) A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.
6. (countable) A conical device used to direct waves.

   antenna horn

   loudspeaker horn

7. (informal, countable) Generally, any brass wind instrument.
8. (slang, countable, from the horn-shaped earpieces of old communication systems that used air tubes) A telephone.
9. (uncountable, vulgar, slang, definite article) An erection of the penis.
10. (countable, vulgar, slang, definite article) A peninsula or crescent-shaped tract of land. "to navigate around the horn."

[edit] Usage notes

• When used alone to refer to an instrument, horn can mean either "hunting horn" or "French horn", depending on context. Other instruments are identified by specific adjectives such as "English horn" or "basset horn".

[edit] Synonyms

• (growth on the heads of certain animals):
• (hard substance from which horns are made): keratin
• (any of several musical wind instruments):
• (instrument used to signal others):
• (loud alarm, especially on a motor vehicle): hooter, klaxon
• (conical device used to direct waves): funnel
• (informal: generally, any brass wind instrument):
• (slang: telephone): blower (UK), dog and bone (Cockney rhyming slang), phone
• (coarse slang: erection): boner (US), hard-on, stiffy

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[edit] Verb

to horn (third-person singular simple present horns, present participle horning, simple past and past participle horned)

1. (of an animal) To assault with the horns
2. (slang, obsolete) To cuckold

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Adjective

horn-

1. angular

[edit] Derived terms

• hornhraði
• hornhröðun
• horngráða
• hornfjarlægð
• hornmál

[edit] Noun

horn n.

1. horn (of an animal)
2. corner
3. angle
4. horn (musical instrument)

[edit] Declension

Declension of horn
	(singular)		(plural)
	(indefinite)	(definite)	(indefinite)	(definite)
nominative	horn	hornið	horn	hornin
accusative	horn	hornið	horn	hornin
dative	horni	horninu	hornum	hornunum
genitive	horns	hornsins	horna	hornanna
Other words with the same declension

[edit] Derived terms

• hornafleiða
• hornamál

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *khurnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“‘horn, head, top’”).

[edit] Noun

horn n.

1. horn

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

horn (plural horn, definitive singular hornet, definitive plural hornen)

1. Horn (growth on animals' heads, substance from which animals' horns are made, musical instrument)