corn

Bedeutung (English)

Noun

1. Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
2. Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
3. A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
4. A small, hard particle.
5. A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
6. (slang) Bullets, ammunition, charge and discharge of firearms.
7. (slang) Money.

Verb

1. To granulate; to form (a substance) into grains.
2. To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef.
3. To provide (an animal) with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed.
4. (obsolete) To render intoxicated.
5. (slang) To shoot up with bullets as by a shotgun (corn).

Konzepte

Mais

Getreide

Hühnerauge

🌽

Korn

Weizen

Kukuruz

Körner

salzen

🧂

Eistüte

Zerealie

Weichweizen

Blase an der Fußsohle

Reis und Weizen

Körnermais

echter Mais

tuerkisher Weizen

türkisches Korn

Brotweizen

Maiskeimöl

Triticum Ästivum

Zea Mays

Zuckermais

triticum Sativum

triticum Vulgare

Maiskorn

Welschkorn

-n

einsalzen

Korn -s

Frucht

Getreideart

Horn

Hornhaut

pökeln

Schwiele

Adlerauge

Synonyms

maize

grain

Indian corn

callus

callosity

wheat

cereal

salt

🧂

sweet corn

seed

blister

cereals

mealies

Zea mays

corn whisky

rice

🍚

wart

clavus

corn whiskey

pickle

common wheat

Indian corn

edible corn

cure

callous

scar

sorghum

spike

stalk

stem

tyle

weal

Avena

bread wheat

cereal grass

food grain

Hordeum

maise

rice and barley

kaffir corn

grain maize

Triticum aestivum

soft wheat

triticum sativum

triticum vulgare

cereal oat

common barley

salinate

corn-whiskey

Zea moys

creamed corn

maize kernel

grain of maize

callositas

barley

maize

bleb

bloat

bread

🍞

brine

bunion

chap

cob

crop

crops

draught

dun

ear

👂

granulate

granule

green corn

grits

hemp

indian corn

kern

kernel

kipper

maize oil

oat

popcorn

🍿

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/kɔːn/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: corn

Inherited from Altenglisch: corn

Cognate with Niederländisch: koren

Cognate with Deutsch: Korn

Cognate with Dänisch: korn

Cognate with Norwegisch (Bokmål): korn

Cognate with Norwegisch (Nynorsk): korn

Cognate with Schwedisch: korn

Cognate with Albanisch: grurë

Cognate with Russisch: зерно́

Cognate with Tschechisch: zrno

Cognate with Latein: grānum

Cognate with Litauisch: žirnis

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: corne

Cognate with Französisch: cor

In summary

Inherited from Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain; worn-down”), from *ǵerh₂- (“grow old, mature”). The sense "maize" is a clipping of Indian corn. Cognate with Dutch koren, German Low German Koorn, German Korn, Danish korn, Norwegian Bokmål korn, Norwegian Nynorsk korn and Swedish korn; see also Albanian grurë, Russian зерно́ (zernó), Czech zrno, Latin grānum and Lithuanian žirnis. Doublet of grain, gram, granum, and grao.

Sätze

Farmers cultivated corn , potatoes , wheat and oats .

Bauern kultivierten Mais , Kartoffeln, Weizen und Hafer.