cornet
A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in…A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
» The teacher showed Tom how to hold the cornet properly.
Meaning
10 sensesA musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
Kornett
корне́тkornét, корне́т-а-писто́нkornét-a-pistón
a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
Spitztüte, Papiertüte
кулёкkuljók, фу́нтикfúntik
An ice cream cone (the shell itself).
Eistüte, Eishörnchen
рожо́кrožók
(UK, broadly, dated)An ice cream cone (the unit comprising the shell and the ice cream).
A kind of organ stop.
A hollow horn-like growth.
The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.
(historical)The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).
(obsolete)A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
(obsolete)The standard flown by a cavalry troop.
Examples
4 sentencesThe teacher showed Tom how to hold the cornet properly.
Tom lifted his cornet and began to play a bright march.
A cornet looks similar to a trumpet, but it has a mellower tone.
Terrence's parents, Clarence and Sharon, wearing hairnets and bearing cornets, declared daringly that the bearings were bent.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 3
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Origin
From Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of LaFrom Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”).
From Middle French cornette, diminutive of corne, from Latin cornua (“horns”).
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