different between bicorn vs bicorne

English

Etymology

bi- +? Latin corn? (“horn”)

Adjective

bicorn (not comparable)

1. Having two horns.

Synonyms

• bicorned
• bicornous

Noun

bicorn (plural bicorns)

1. (mathematics) A plane curve having two cusps
2. (historical) A two-cornered hat worn by European and American military and naval officers from the 1790s.

Alternative forms

• (hat): bicorne

Translations

Anagrams

• Corbin, bicron

English

Noun

bicorne (plural bicornes)

1. Alternative form of bicorn (“two-cornered hat”)

Anagrams

• Briceno

French

Noun

bicorne m (plural bicornes)

1. The two-cornered hat worn by Napoleon Bonaparte.
2. In French fairy tales, a two-horned monster that eats adulterous husbands.

See also

• tricorn, tricorne
• unicorn

Further reading

• “bicorne” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

bicorne (plural bicorni)

1. two-horned

Related terms

• bicorno

Anagrams

• bercino

Latin

Adjective

bicorne

1. nominative neuter singular of bicornis
2. accusative neuter singular of bicornis
3. vocative neuter singular of bicornis

Spanish

Adjective

bicorne (plural bicornes)

1. two-horned