κόρνα

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾna/
• Hyphenation: κόρ‧να

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian corna.

Noun

κόρνα • (kórna) f (plural κόρνες)

1. (vehicles) horn, hooter (loud alarm on a motor vehicle)

   Αυτοί οι κάγκουρες όλο πατάνε την κόρνα όλο το βράδυ.

   Aftoí oi kágkoures ólo patáne tin kórna ólo to vrády.

   Those petrolheads are blowing their horns all night.

2. (by extension) beeping, honking, tooting (the act of blowing a vehicle's horn)

   Δεν αντέχω τις κόρνες πρωί-πρωί.

   Den antécho tis kórnes proḯ-proḯ.

   I can't stand beeping early in the morning.

Declension

Declension of κόρνα

	singular	plural
nominative	κόρνα •	κόρνες •
genitive	κόρνας •	—
accusative	κόρνα •	κόρνες •
vocative	κόρνα •	κόρνες •

Derived terms

• κορνάρω (kornáro, “to beep, to blow the horn”)
  • κορνάρισμα (kornárisma, “beeping, honking”)

Synonyms

• (beeping, honking): κορνάρισμα n (kornárisma)

Related terms

• κόρνο n (kórno, “horn”) (musical instrument)

Further reading

• κόρνα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Noun

κόρνα • (kórna) n

1. Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of κόρνο (kórno).