cornet
- A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
- A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
- A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK, dated) an ice cream cone.
- (obsolete) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
- A kind of organ stop.
- A hollow horn-like growth.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɔɹˈnɛt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”).
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