corno

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See also: Corno and cornò

English

Etymology

From Italian corno, from Latin cornu (“horn”). Doublet of corn and cornu.

Noun

corno (plural corni)

(music) French horn

Related terms

corno di bassetto

Anagrams

Conor, Norco, croon, r'coon

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkɔr.nu]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈkɔr.no]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɔɾ.no]

Verb

corno

first-person singular present indicative of cornar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese corno, from Latin cornu (“horn”). Cognate with Portuguese corno and Spanish cuerno.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkɔɾnʊ]

Noun

corno m (plural cornos)

(countable and uncountable) horn
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, 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
- 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos de un escolar gallego:
  Sobre un tapiz dua mesa
  mais louro do que é o carbon
  hay procesos, e un tinteiro
  feito de corno de boy.
  Over the cloth of a table,
  blacker than coal,
  there are lawsuits and an inkwell
  made with ox horn
horn (wind instrument)
- 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 136:
  Et moy rregeo tãgeo o corno que pero que era de marfil que o fendeu cõ o bafo, et al quebrantouselle as veas do pescoço et os nerueos
  And very strongly he blew the horn, but since it was made of ivory he broke it with the puff, and also he broke the veins of the neck and the nerves
cuckoopint (Arum italicum)
European rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes nasicornis)

Interjection

corno

rats!

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “corno”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “corno”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “corno”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “corno”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “corno”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cornū, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔr.no/
Rhymes: -ɔrno
Hyphenation: còr‧no
Audio: (file)

Noun

corno m (plural (in all meanings) corni m or (alternatively when referring to animals) 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

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

cornare
cornetto
cornista
Corno d'Africa (“Horn of Africa”)
corno da caccia (“hunting horn”)
corno da scarpe (“shoehorn”)
corno inglese (“cor anglais”)
dire peste e corna (“to backbite”)
fare le corna

Related terms

Descendants

→ Japanese: コルナ (koruna)
→ Turkish: korna

Anagrams

-crono, Crono, Ronco, crono, crono-, ronco

Latin

Noun

cornō

dative/ablative singular of cornus

Portuguese

cornos

Etymology 1

From Latin cornū, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʁ.nu/ [ˈkoɦ.nu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ.nu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʁ.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɻ.no/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾ.nu/

Noun

corno m (plural cornos, metaphonic)

horn (growth on the heads of certain animals)
Synonyms: haste, chifre
(vulgar) cuckold
Synonyms: cornudo, chifrudo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin cornus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.nu/ [ˈkɔɦ.nu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.nu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɻ.no/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.nu/

Noun

corno m (plural cornos)

cornel, dogwood

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.nu/ [ˈkɔɦ.nu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.nu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʁ.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɻ.no/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾ.nu/

Verb

corno

first-person singular present indicative of cornar

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾno/ [ˈkoɾ.no]
Rhymes: -oɾno
Syllabification: cor‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cornū. Doublet of cuerno.

Noun

corno m (plural cornos)

horn (musical instrument)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin cornus.

Noun

corno m (plural cornos)

cornel

Related terms

cornejo

Further reading

“corno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

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