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.

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

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

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

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

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

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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