bicorne

English

Noun

bicorne (plural bicornes)

1. Alternative form of bicorn (“two-cornered hat”)
   • 2021, Otto English, Fake History:

     For some he was—and remains—the romantic embodiment of the French Enlightenment, the champion of religious freedom and a progressive to the tips of his bicorne hat.

Anagrams

• Briceno

French

Noun

bicorne m (plural bicornes)

1. the two-cornered hat worn by Napoleon Bonaparte
2. In French fairy tales, a two-horned monster that eats adulterous husbands

See also

• tricorn, tricorne
• unicorn

Further reading

• “bicorne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈkɔr.ne/
• Rhymes: -ɔrne
• Hyphenation: bi‧còr‧ne

Adjective

bicorne (plural bicorni)

1. two-horned

Related terms

• bicorno

Anagrams

• bercino, broncie

Latin

Adjective

bicorne

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of bicornis

Spanish

Adjective

bicorne m or f (masculine and feminine plural bicornes)

1. two-horned

Further reading

• “bicorne”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014