cornamusa

Catalan

Etymology

Cognate with French cornemuse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kur.nəˈmu.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kor.nəˈmu.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɾ.naˈmu.za]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kor.naˈmu.za]

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Noun

cornamusa f (plural cornamuses)

1. bagpipes

   Synonyms: sac de gemecs, gaita

Further reading

• “cornamusa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cornamusa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kor.naˈmu.za/
• Rhymes: -uza
• Hyphenation: cor‧na‧mù‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French cornemuse.

Noun

cornamusa f (plural cornamuse)

1. (music) bagpipes

   Synonyms: piva, zampogna

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cornamusa

1. inflection of cornamusare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French cornemuse (whence French cornemuse).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾnaˈmusa/ [koɾ.naˈmu.sa]
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: cor‧na‧mu‧sa

Noun

cornamusa f (plural cornamusas)

1. (music) bagpipes

   Synonym: gaita

2. (nautical) cleat
3. (music) hunting horn

Further reading

• “cornamusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025