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corno

See also: Corno and cornò

English

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Etymology

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From Italian corno, from Latin cornu (“horn”). Doublet of corn (“callus”), cornu, and horn.

Noun

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corno (plural corni)

  1. (music) French horn
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Verb

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corno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cornar

Galician

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese corno, from Latin cornu (“horn”). Cognate with Portuguese corno and Spanish cuerno.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔɾno/ [ˈkɔɾ.nʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɔɾno
  • Hyphenation: cor‧no

Noun

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corno m (plural cornos)

  1. (countable and uncountable) horn
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana., A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 378:
      Et os hũus tãgíã cornos et os outros pipas, et os que estauã perlos muros da vila, algũus deles deostauã et dezíã moyto mal aos de fora.
      And some were playing horns and others pipes, and of the ones that were by the walls of the town, some insulted and told many mean things to the ones outside
    • 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos de un escolar gallego:
      Sobre un tapiz dua mesa
      mais louro do que é o carbon
      hay procesos, e un tinteiro
      feito de corno de boy.
      Over the cloth of a table,
      blacker than coal,
      there are lawsuits and an inkwell
      made with ox horn
  2. horn (wind instrument)
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 136:
      Et moy rregeo tãgeo o corno que pero que era de marfil que o fendeu cõ o bafo, et al quebrantouselle as veas do pescoço et os nerueos
      And very strongly he blew the horn, but since it was made of ivory he broke it with the puff, and also he broke the veins of the neck and the nerves
  3. cuckoopint (Arum italicum)
  4. European rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes nasicornis)

Interjection

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corno

  1. rats!

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Italian

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin cornū, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkɔr.no/
    • Rhymes: -ɔrno
    • Hyphenation: còr‧no
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    Noun

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    corno m (plural (in all meanings) corni m or (alternatively when referring to animals) corna f)

    1. (zoology) horn, antler (of an animal)
      le corna della capra ― goat's horns
    2. (music) horn
      i corni da caccia ― hunting horns
    3. (geography) horn (peninsula or crescent-shaped tract of land)
      il Corno d'Africa ― horn of Africa
    4. horn (material, or object made of material)
    5. a horn-shaped amulet worn to ward off evil

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    • The feminine plural corna is used only in the zoological meaning of the term as an alternative form of corni.
      corni/corna di pecora (“sheep horns”)
    • For other meanings use the masculine plural corni.
      corni francesi (“French horns”)
      corni inglesi (“cors anglais; English horns”)

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    Descendants

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    • → English: corno
    • → Japanese: コルナ (koruna)
    • → Turkish: korna

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    Latin

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    cornō

    1. dative/ablative singular of cornus

    Portuguese

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    cornos

    Etymology 1

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    From Latin cornū, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).

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    corno m (plural cornos, metaphonic)

    1. horn (growth on the heads of certain animals)
      Synonyms: haste, chifre
    3. (vulgar) cuckold
      Synonyms: cornudo, chifrudo
    4. (Portugal, in the plural, mildly vulgar) head
      Dói-me os cornos! ― My goddamn head hurts!
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    • The plural form is always metaphonic in Portugal, but usually not in Brazil for sense 2 (“cuckold”).

    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from Latin cornus (“dogwood”).

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    corno m (plural cornos, metaphonic)

    1. cornel, dogwood

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    corno

    1. first-person singular present indicative of cornar

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    Spanish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkoɾno/ [ˈkoɾ.no]
    • Rhymes: -oɾno
    • Syllabification: cor‧no

    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from Latin cornū. Doublet of cuerno.

    Noun

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    corno m (plural cornos)

    1. horn (musical instrument)

    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from Latin cornus.

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    corno m (plural cornos)

    1. cornel
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