cornucopia
A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grainA 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.
» There is a cornucopia of programming languages out there.
Meaning
3 senses(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
(countable, uncountable)A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things.
(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 sentencesThere is a cornucopia of programming languages out there.
A cornucopia is a horn-shaped basket filled with various kinds of fruits and vegetables.
Where were the crates of fresh fruit, our promised cornucopias of oranges, apples and kiwis?
What did the cornucopia symbolize to the ancient Romans?
In the United States, the cornucopia is commonly associated with the holiday of Thanksgiving.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin cornūcōpia.Borrowed from Latin cornūcōpia.
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Forms
plural: cornucopias / cornucopiae| Singular | cornucopia |
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| Plural | cornucopias / cornucopiae |
regular
Synonyms
12 synonyms- a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity:horn of plenty
- the property of being extremely abundant:profusionprofusenessrichness
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable