cornet

CEFRB2

/kɔɹˈnɛt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A brass musical instrument similar to a small trumpet.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK, dated) an ice cream cone.

Examples

  • He practiced playing the cornet in the school band.

  • A cornet is a brass instrument.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.

  2. A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.

  3. A kind of organ stop.

More examples

In context

  • The cornet player was very skilled.

  • This cornet [translating Cornet] was a brave young cavalier and not more than two years older than me.

  • They discerned a body of five cornets of horse very full, standing in very good order to receive them.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

In the marching band, she played a shiny brass blank during the parade.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”).