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corn
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??n/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /k??n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n
Etymology 1
From Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-Germanic *kurn?, from Proto-Indo-European *?r?h?nóm (“grain; worn-down”), from *?erh?- (“grow old, mature”). Cognate with Dutch koren, German Low German Koorn, German Korn, Norwegian Bokmål korn, Norwegian Nynorsk korn and Swedish korn; see also Albanian grurë, Russian ?????? (zernó), Czech zrno, Latin gr?num, Lithuanian žirnis and English grain.
In sense 'maize' a shortening from earlier Indian corn.
Noun
corn (usually uncountable, plural corns)
- (Britain, uncountable) The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales.
- (US, Canada, Australia, uncountable) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
- A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
- A small, hard particle.
- (MLE, slang, uncountable) bullets, ammunition, charge and discharge of firearms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: kon
- ? Maori: k?nga
Translations
See also
Verb
corn (third-person singular simple present corns, present participle corning, simple past and past participle corned)
- (US, Canada) to granulate; to form a substance into grains
- (US, Canada) to preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef
- (US, Canada) to provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed
- (transitive) to render intoxicated
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English corne, from Old French corn (modern French cor), from Latin cornu.
Noun
corn (plural corns)
- A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
- Synonym: clavus
Hyponyms
- callus
Translations
Etymology 3
This use was first used in 1932, as corny, something appealing to country folk.
Noun
corn (uncountable)
- (US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
- 1975, Tschirlie, Backpacker magazine,
- He had a sharp wit, true enough, but also a good, healthy mountaineer's love of pure corn, the slapstick stuff, the in-jokes that get funnier with every repetition and never amuse anybody who wasn't there.
- 1975, Tschirlie, Backpacker magazine,
Derived terms
Etymology 4
From the resemblance to white corn kernels.
Noun
corn (uncountable)
- (uncountable) A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
- Synonym: corn snow
References
Anagrams
- Cron
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin corn?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?erh?- (“horn”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?k??n/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?k?rn/
Noun
corn m (plural corns)
- horn (of animal)
- Synonym: banya
- (music) horn
Derived terms
- corn anglès
- cornar
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish corn (“drinking horn, goblet; trumpet, horn; curl”), from Latin corn?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko???n??/
Noun
corn m (genitive singular coirn, nominative plural coirn)
- horn (musical instrument)
- drinking-horn
- Synonyms: corn óil, buabhall
- (sports) cup
- (racing) plate
Declension
Derived terms
Verb
corn (present analytic cornann, future analytic cornfaidh, verbal noun cornadh, past participle corntha)
- (transitive) roll, coil
Conjugation
Alternative forms
- cornaigh, cornáil
Mutation
Further reading
- "corn" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “corn” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “corn” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English corn; from Proto-Germanic *kurn?, from Proto-Indo-European *?r?h?nóm. Doublet of greyn.
Alternative forms
- corne, korn, coorn, curn, coren, koren
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?rn/, /k??rn/, /kurn/
Noun
corn (plural corn or cornes)
- Any plant that bears grain, especially wheat.
- A field planted with such plants.
- Any kind of grain (especially as food)
- A seed of a non-grain plant.
- A grain or seed used as a unit of weight.
- The optimum product; the superior portion.
- The deserving; those who are morally right.
- A bole (external tumourous growth).
Related terms
- corny
- kernel
- peper corn
Descendants
- English: corn (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: corn, curn
- Yola: koorn, coorn
References
- “c??rn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-08.
Etymology 2
Noun
corn
- Alternative form of corne (“callus”)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kurn?, from Proto-Indo-European *?r?h?nóm (“grain”). Cognate with Old Frisian korn, Old Saxon korn (Low German Koorn), Dutch koren, Old High German korn, Old Norse korn, Gothic ???????????????????? (kaurn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /korn/, [kor?n]
Noun
corn n
- corn, a grain or seed
- 880-1150, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- 880-1150, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- a cornlike pimple, a corn on the foot
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: corn, corne, korn, coorn, curn, coren, koren
- English: corn (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: corn, curn
- Yola: koorn, coorn
Old French
Alternative forms
- cor, corne
Etymology
From Latin corn?.
Noun
corn m (oblique plural corns, nominative singular corns, nominative plural corn)
- horn (bony projection found on the head of some animals)
- horn (instrument used to create sound)
- Synonyms: olifan, graisle
Descendants
- French: cor
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [korn]
Etymology 1
From Latin corn?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?erh?- (“horn”).
Noun
corn n (plural coarne)
- horn
Declension
Derived terms
- încorna
- corn?ri
- cornos
Related terms
- cornut
Etymology 2
From Latin cornus.
Noun
corn m (plural corni)
- cornel, European cornel, Cornus mas
- rafter (of a house)
Declension
Related terms
- coarn?
See also
- sânger
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English corn, from Old English corn.
Noun
corn (plural corns)
- corn
- oats
- (in plural) crops (of grain)
Verb
corn (third-person singular present corns, present participle cornin, past cornt, past participle cornt)
- to feed (a horse) with oats or grain
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin corn?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?rn/
Noun
corn m (plural cyrn)
- horn
- (obsolete) chimney
Derived terms
- rhewi'n gorn (“to freeze solid”)
- Siôn Corn (“Father Christmas, Santa Claus”)
Mutation
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “corn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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mongoose
English
Wikispecies
Wikispecies
Alternative forms
- mungoose (archaic)
Etymology
1690s. Borrowed from Portuguese mangusto, from Marathi ?????? (mu?g?s), from Old Marathi ???????????????????????? (mu?gusa), from Telugu ?????? (mu?gisa). Spelling altered by folk-etymological association with goose. Displaced native Old English n?dreb?ta (literally “snake biter”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m??.?u?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m??.?us/, /?m??.?us/
Noun
mongoose (plural mongooses or (nonstandard) mongeese)
- Any of several species of generalist predatory Carnivores in the family Herpestidae; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. The Indian mongoose is noted as a predator of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.
- Any species of Malagasy mongooses; only distantly related to the Herpestidae, these are members of the family Eupleridae; they resemble mongooses in appearance and habits, but have larger ears and ringed tails.
Derived terms
- African mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon)
- Angolan slender mongoose (Galerella flavescens)
- banded mongoose (Mungos mungo)
- Bengal mongoose (Herpestes javanicus palustris)
- black-footed mongoose (Bdeogale nigripes)
- black-legged mongoose (Bdeogale nigripes)
- black mongoose (Galerella nigrata)
- brown-tailed mongoose (Salanoia concolor)
- bushy-tailed mongoose (Bdeogale crassicauda)
- Cape gray mongoose (Galerella pulverulenta)
- collared mongoose (Herpestes semitorquatus)
- common dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula)
- common mongoose (Herpestes edwardsi)
- crab-eating mongoose (Herpestes urva)
- dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula)
- Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon)
- Gambian mongoose (Mungos gambianus)
- Grandidier's mongoose (Galidictis grandidieri)
- Indian brown mongoose (Herpestes fuscus)
- Indian gray mongoose/Indian mongoose (Herpestes edwardsi)
- Liberian mongoose (Liberiictis kuhni)
- long-nosed mongoose (Herpestes naso)
- Jackson's mongoose (Bdeogale jacksoni)
- Javan mongoose (Herpestes javanicus)
- large gray mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon)
- marsh mongoose (Herpestes javanicus palustris)
- Meller's mongoose (Rhynchogale melleri)
- mongoose bat
- mongoose lemur (Eulemur mongoz)
- narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata)
- Pousargues's mongoose (Dologale dybowskii)
- ring-tailed mongoose (Galidia elegans)
- ruddy mongoose (Herpestes smithii)
- Selous's mongoose (Paracynictis selousi)
- short-tailed mongoose (Herpestes brachyurus)
- slender mongoose (Galerella sanguinea)
- stripe-necked mongoose (Herpestes vitticollis)
- Somalian slender mongoose (Galerella ochracea)
- white-tailed mongoose (Ichneumia albicauda)
- yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata)
- zebra mongoose (Mungos mungo)
Translations
Anagrams
- gonosome
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