different between cornet vs cornetto

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /k???n?t/
• Rhymes: -?t
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??n?t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin corn? (“horn”).

Noun

cornet (plural cornets)

1. A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.

   Synonyms: cornet-à-piston, cornet-à-pistons

2. A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
3. A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (Britain, dated) an ice cream cone.
4. (obsolete) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
5. A kind of organ stop.

Derived terms

• cornetist

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle French cornette, diminutive of corne, from Latin cornua (“horns”).

Noun

cornet (plural cornets)

1. The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.
2. (obsolete) The standard flown by a cavalry troop.
3. (historical) The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).
   • 1999, Mike Mitchell, translating HJC von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, III.14, Dedalus 2016, p. 253:

     This cornet [transl. Cornet] was a brave young cavalier and not more than two years older than me.

Derived terms

• cornetcy

Translations

Anagrams

• Cotner, centro-, corten, creton, cronet, retcon

French

Etymology

From corne +? -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.n?/

Noun

cornet m (plural cornets)

1. (paper) cone
2. (pastry) horn; (ice-cream) cone
3. post horn
   • 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 17:

     Il tenait à la main gauche un cornet semblable à celui dont usaient les postillons ; en cas de péril, l'alarme serait donnée au patron qui tenait la barre à l'arrière.

     In his left hand he held a horn like those used by post riders; in case of danger, the alarm would be given to the owner who was at the forward rail.

4. (music) cornet; cornet stop (on organ)
5. portable inkhorn
6. (Switzerland) plastic bag

Descendants

• English: cornet

See also

• cornette

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• conter, contre, contré

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cornette

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cornet; equivalent to corne (“callus”) +? -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?rnit/, /?k?rn?t/

Noun

cornet (plural cornettes)

1. A cornet (musical instrument).
2. (rare) A triangle-shaped slice of bread.

Descendants

• English: cornet

References

• “cornet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-08.

Romanian

Etymology

corn +? -et

Noun

cornet n (plural corneturi)

1. cornel grove

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cornetto, a diminutive of corno (“horn”), from Latin corn?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k???n?t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k???n?to?/

Noun

cornetto (plural cornettos or cornetti)

1. (music) A trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.

Synonyms

• cornett

Translations

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian Cornetto, brand of a frozen dessert cone, from cornetto, a diminutive of corno (“horn”), from Latin corn?.

Noun

cornetto (plural cornettos)

1. ice cream cone

Italian

Etymology

corno (“horn”, from Latin corn?) +? -etto (diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kor?net.to/
• Hyphenation: cor?nét?to

Noun

cornetto m (plural cornetti)

1. (folklore) horn-shaped amulet resembling a hot pepper

   Synonym: cornicello

2. (anatomy) nasal concha, turbinate

   Synonyms: conca nasale, turbinato

3. (music) cornett, cornetto
4. croissant (pastry)

   Synonyms: brioche, croissant

5. (regional, chiefly northern Italy) string bean

   Synonym: fagiolino

Derived terms

• conettino
• cornetto acustico (“speaking trumpet”)

See also

• cornetta

Anagrams

• contorte