cornucopia

See also: cornucópia

English

WOTD – 25 May 2008

A cornucopia motif.

Etymology

From Latin cornūcōpia (“mythical horn of plenty”), from cornū (“horn”) + cōpia (“abundance”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔː.nəˈkəʊ.pi.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔːɹ.nəˈkoʊ.pi.ə/, /ˌkɔːɹ.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 Thesaurus:cornucopia

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cornucopia machine
• cornucopian

• cornucopiate
• pornocopia

Translations

mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink

• Bulgarian: рог на изоби́лието m (rog na izobílieto)
• Catalan: corn de l'abundància m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豐饒之角, 丰饶之角 (fēngráo zhī jiǎo)

• Czech: roh hojnosti m
• Danish: overflødighedshorn n
• Dutch: hoorn des overvloeds
• Esperanto: abundokorno
• Finnish: runsaudensarvi (fi)
• French: corne d'abondance (fr) f
• German: Füllhorn (de) n
• Greek: κέρας της Αμάλθειας n (kéras tis Amáltheias)
• Hungarian: bőségszaru (hu)

• Irish: corn na flúirse m
• Japanese: コルヌー・コピアイ (korunū-kopiai)
• Kazakh: молшылық мүйізі (molşılıq müyizi)
• Latin: cornucopia
• Polish: róg obfitości (pl) m
• Portuguese: cornucópia (pt) f
• Russian: рог изоби́лия (ru) m (rog izobílija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: rog obilja m; kornukopija f

• Spanish: cornucopia (es) f, cuerno de la abundancia f3
• Swedish: ymnighetshorn (sv)
• Tagalog: kornukopya

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

• Danish: overflødighedshorn n

• Finnish: runsaudensarvi (fi)

abundance or plentiful supply

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聚寶盆 (zh), 聚宝盆 (zh) (jùbǎopén)

• Czech: přehršel (cs) f, přehršle f, spousta (cs) f, habaděj (cs) n
• Danish: overflod c
• Finnish: runsaudensarvi (fi)

• German: Fülle (de) f
• Hungarian: bőségszaru (hu)
• Japanese: 宝庫 (ほうこ, hōko)
• Portuguese: cornucópia (pt) f
• Russian: рог изоби́лия (ru) m (rog izobílija)

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Italian

Noun

cornucopia f (plural cornucopie)

1. cornucopia

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Spanish

Noun

cornucopia f (plural cornucopias)

1. cornucopia