cornucopia

WOTD – 25 May 2008

English

A cornucopia motif.

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Etymology

From Latin Cornūcōpiae (“mythical horn of plenty”), from cornū (“horn”) + cōpia (“supply”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔː.nəˈkəʊ.pi.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔːr.nəˈkoʊ.pi.ə/, /ˌkɔːr.njəˈkoʊ.pi.ə/

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Noun

cornucopia (countable and uncountable, plural cornucopias)

1. (Greek mythology) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted.
2. A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things.
3. An abundance or plentiful supply.

   The store provided a veritable cornucopia of modern gadgets.

Synonyms

• horn of plenty
• See also Wikisaurus:cornucopia

Derived terms

• pornocopia
• cornucopia machine
• cornucopian
• cornucopiate

Translations

mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink

• Bulgarian: рог на изобилието (rog na izobilieto)
• Croatian: rog obilja m; kornukopija f
• Czech: roh hojnosti m
• Dutch: hoorn des overvloeds
• Finnish: runsaudensarvi
• French: corne d'abondance (fr) f

• German: Füllhorn (de) n
• Latin: cornucopia
• Polish: róg obfitości (pl) m
• Russian: рог изобилия (ru) m (róg izobílija)
• Spanish: cornucopia f

hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things

• Finnish: runsaudensarvi

abundance or plentiful supply

• Czech: přehršel (cs) f, přehršle f, spousta (cs) f, habaděj n
• Finnish: runsaudensarvi

• German: Fülle (de) f