corno
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Italian [Term?], from Latin cornu (“horn”).
Noun[edit]
corno
Related terms[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Verb[edit]
corno
- first-person singular present indicative form of cornar
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Latin cornu (“horn”). Cognate with Portuguese corno and Spanish cuerno.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
corno m (plural cornos)
- (countable and uncountable) horn
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 378:
- Et os hũus tãgíã cornos et os outros pipas, et os que estauã perlos muros da vila, algũus deles deostauã et dezíã moyto mal aos de fora.
- And some were playing horns and others pipes, and of the ones that were by the walls of the town, some insulted and told many mean things to the ones outside
- Et os hũus tãgíã cornos et os outros pipas, et os que estauã perlos muros da vila, algũus deles deostauã et dezíã moyto mal aos de fora.
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 378:
- cuckoopint (Arum italicum)
- European rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes nasicornis)
Interjection[edit]
corno
- rats!
References[edit]
- “corno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “corno” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “corno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “corno” in Santamarina, Antón (dir.), Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja: Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (v 4.0). Santiago: ILG.
- “corno” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cornum, accusative case form of cornū, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
corno m (plural corni m, alternative plural corna f)
- (zoology) horn, antler (of an animal)
- le corna della capra ― goat's horns
- (music) horn
- i corni da caccia ― hunting horns
- (geography) horn (peninsula or crescent-shaped tract of land)
- il Corno d'Africa ― horn of Africa
- horn (material, or object made of material)
- A horn-shaped amulet worn to ward off evil.
Usage notes[edit]
The feminine plural corna is used only in the zoological meaning of the term as an alternative form of corni.
- corni di pecora (“goat's horns”)
- corna di pecora (“goat's horns”)
For other meanings use the masculine plural corni.
- corni francesi (“french horns”)
- corni inglesi (“cors anglais; english horns”)
Derived terms[edit]
- corno da caccia (“hunting horn”)
- Corno d'Africa (“Horn of Africa”)
- corno da scarpe (“shoehorn”)
- corno inglese (“cor anglais”)
- dire peste e corna (“to backbite”)
- cornare
- cornetto
- fare le corna
Related terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
cornō
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cornū, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
corno m (plural cornos)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
corno m (plural cornos)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
corno m (plural cornos)
- The horn (musical instrument)
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