Meaning

3 senses
  1. (historical)A two-cornered hat, worn by European and American military and naval officers from the 1790s.

    Zweispitz

    двууго́лкаdvuugólka, бико́рнbikórn

  2. A plane curve having two cusps.

  3. (rare)A beast having two horns, either real or fictional.

More definitions
  • a cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
two-cornered hat:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
two-cornered hat:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin bicornis (“two-horned; two-pronged”). Compare French bicorne (“two-cor

Borrowed from Latin bicornis (“two-horned; two-pronged”). Compare French bicorne (“two-cornered hat; two-horned monster”) and Middle English bicorne (“two-horned anvil; two-pronged fork; fabulous (two-horned) beast”). Doublet of bicorne.

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Forms

plural: bicorns
Singularbicorn
Pluralbicorns

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points:bicorne

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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