Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Greek, countable, uncountable)A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.

    Füllhorn

    рог изоби́лияrog izobílija

    ріг достаткуrih dostatku

    a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity

  2. (countable, uncountable)A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things.

  3. (countable, uncountable)An abundance or plentiful supply.

    The store provided a veritable cornucopia of modern gadgets.

    Despite its sparse syntax, the expressiveness and flexibility of the λ-calculus make it a cornucopia of logic and mathematics. The Lambda Calculus (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

    Fülle

    изоби́лиеizobílije

Examples

6 sentences
  1. There is a cornucopia of programming languages out there.

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  2. A cornucopia is a horn-shaped basket filled with various kinds of fruits and vegetables.

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  3. Where were the crates of fresh fruit, our promised cornucopias of oranges, apples and kiwis?

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  4. What did the cornucopia symbolize to the ancient Romans?

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  5. In the United States, the cornucopia is commonly associated with the holiday of Thanksgiving.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink:
Русский
By meaning 2
mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink:
abundance or plentiful supply:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
mythical horn endlessly overflowing with food and drink:
abundance or plentiful supply:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin cornūcōpia.

Borrowed from Latin cornūcōpia.

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Forms

plural: cornucopias / cornucopiae
Singularcornucopia
Pluralcornucopias / cornucopiae

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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