cornett
English
/ˈkɔːnɪt/, /kɔɹˈnɛt/
noun
Definitions
- (musical instruments) An early horn wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Not to be confused with later brass instrument.
Etymology
Derived from Latin cornū (horn, a trumpet, a horn, a bugle-horn).
Origin
Latin
cornū
Gloss
horn, a trumpet, a horn, a bugle-horn
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
角
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -corn English
- bicorn English
- cornage English
- cornettist English
- cornific English
- cornification English
- cornuate English
- Bicorniger Latin
- bicorniger Latin
- bicornis Latin
- cornesco Latin
- cornicen Latin
- cornifer Latin
- corniger Latin
- cornuatus Latin
- cornū Latin
- reciprocicornis Latin
- tricorniger Latin
- unicornis Latin
- cornetto Italian
- corno Italian
- cuerno Spanish, Castilian
- *ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- corno Portuguese
- corn Old French
- corne Old French
- cornet Old French
- corn Catalan, Valencian
- corn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- corn Welsh
- corn Old Irish
- cuernu Asturian
- cuar Friulian
- cuorno Istriot
- cuerno Aragonese
- cornetto Interlingua