コーン

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Japanese[edit]

コーン (kōn): a cone.

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowing from English cone.[1][2]

Noun[edit]

コーン (kōn

  1. a cone
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

コーン (kōn): a bowl of corn soup.

Borrowing from English corn.[1][2]

Noun[edit]

コーン (kōn

  1. corn, especially loose-kernel corn
Usage notes[edit]

Often used in compounds.

The more common term for corn on the cob is トウモロコシ (tōmorokoshi), also spelled in kanji as 玉蜀黍.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN